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[Bradd_N]

Hi All,

I was thinking that maybe we could have a sticky thread with all the abrev's and explanations of codes that are commonly used within the forum abot cell phones.

I've got no idea what most of them are so If the well educated persons in this field could Enlighten us all, I believe that this would be of great assistance to all that visit the forum that aren't aware of them.

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[Chillin]

Hi All,

I was thinking that maybe we could have a sticky thread with all the abrev's and explanations of codes that are commonly used within the forum abot cell phones.

I've got no idea what most of them are so If the well educated persons in this field could enlighten us all, I believe that this would be of great assistance to all that visit the forum that aren't aware of them.

Alright here I'll get you started:

n00b (see newb or newbie): one who lacks any knowledge. Usually, but not exclusively, applied to people new to that respective forum.

lol: Laugh Out Loud (or Laughing Out Loud) Used to express amusement at others posts.

...hhhmmm ya that's abot it.

[Brad729]

I googled a link with a lot of definitions for things like GSM, CDMA, TDMA, IDEN, SIM, GPRS, and so on and so on. The sad thing is I had already come up with my own definitions for several before I googled one and found the one-stop answer for all of them!

Simplewire : Glossary

Here are two I didn't see on that site which we use a lot here in the forums...

ETF - Early Termination Fee

CS - Customer Service

That's all I can think of for now, but for future reference, if it's not in the dictionary, you can find a definition for practically anything with google. I always just type the word or acronym I'm looking for followed by the word 'definition' and there ya go.

[willyable]

I got more here if you wanna use the text feature of your mobile phone:
tnx-----thanks
k-----okey
TY----thank you
asap----immediately, as soon as possible
btw---by the way
f--if
s---is
gudnyt---good night
gud am---good morning
gud pm---good evening
hir---here
c---see
&---and
cum---come
lyk----like
Example: See if you can decipher this:


cum & c f u lyk it hir

[uscellularguy1]

Hello there I am new to this site but not to cell phones. I have been a customer for 4 yrs with uscellular and now currently work for them. This site probably has some kind of glossary if not there is a great site that you can make reference to. It is phonescoop.com

[pinkphone]

there are lots of abbreviations while using sms, actually i don't use much of those abv. because i prefer calling than text, its a lot more easy to do.

[compaqpresario]

OOH OOH OOH!!! I have some!
MSL - Master Subsidy Lock (applicable to CDMA based phones only)
MDN - Mobile Device Number
MSID - Mobile Subscriber Identification
AKEY - Authentication Key (applicable to CDMA based phones only)
MEID - Mobile Equipment Identification
ESN - Electronic Serial Number
SPC - Service Programming Code (applicable to CDMA based phones only, and is usually a one time code)
P_REV - Protocol Revision
NID - Network Identification
MCC - Mobile Country Code
MNC - Mobile Network Code

Hope this helps...

[Okibono44]

Wow - I am not in the loop with abreviations!!!

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[pakis33]

I usually rely on my intuition in understanding abrevs....we don't really need a definite list of those abrevs

[Mike C]

good point of view !

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interesting !!!!

[zoogderrick2]

oh ok!

[DirtyAngel]

I love to text but I HATE all those Abbreviations! Even before I had a full pull out qwery keyboard I still ALWAYS typed out the whole words and used correct punctuation

[censtantinecel]

thanks for the heads up, it will sure come handy

[zanderzander]

good information