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alphanumerish
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alphanumerish
From "alphanumeric," meaning a combination of letters and digits, alphanumerish uses digits and single letters as shorthand for words. It came about as more and more people send and receive short messages on tiny PDA, pager and cellphone screens. For example, 2U means "to you." UR means "you are." See emoticon.


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These interactive wireless solutions typically prompt the user to send a message from a handheld wireless device to a pre-defined address such as a short code that requires translations from their originating format to the prevailing SMS languages of the Internet - HTTP and SMPP.
 
 
 
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