See: text message.

is the use of Instant Messaging or similar programs for communication among cellphones or other messaging-capable devices. The world record for thumbed texting is less than 22 seconds to type "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack [..]

According to 49 CFR 390.5 [Title 49 – Transportation; Subtitle B -- Other Regulations Relating to Transportation; Chapter III -- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportati [..]

text messaging. Exchanging short text messages with cellphones. The advantage is you can do it surreptiously in class or in a meeting, at a theatrical event or movie. Like email, it allows you to be b [..]

Sending short messages via phone.

Communication between Cell Phone users via the Short Message Service protocol which allows the interchange of short written messages.

Texting is a slang term that refers to the creation and transmission of short electronic text messages between two or more mobile device users over a network. This usually means sending messages with [..]

Texting, also known as text messaging, refers to an activity that is an exchange of brief, written text messages between a fixed-line phone or mobile device and either land-line or other mobile device [..]