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Short Message Service (i.e. text messages) SF: Single Frequency supervision tone : US SIP: Session Initiation Protocol: US SP Lock: Unlocking: UK SS7: Signaling System 7 STD: Subscriber trunk dialling: UK and India T-CXR: T-carrier (e.g. T-1) US TAPI: Telephony Application Programming Interface TR: Tip and ring: US TSPS: Traffic Service ...
A phone with a broken display. Nomophobia [1] (short for "no mobile phobia") is a word for the fear of, or anxiety caused by, not having a working mobile phone. [2] [3] It has been considered a symptom or syndrome of problematic digital media use in mental health, the definitions of which are not standardized for technical and genetical reasons.
Mobile phones continue to become more multifunctional and sophisticated, which exacerbates the problem. [47] In 2014 the BBC reported concerns from opticians regarding blue-violet light emitted by cell phone screens, that it may be potentially hazardous to the eye and long term it may possibly increase the risk of macular degeneration. [48]
In longer relationships, partners are more interdependent, meaning that one person’s behavior (like excessive phone use) is more likely to affect the other’s emotional state [26]. In contrast, shorter-term relationships may not experience these effects as strongly because the emotional investment and expectations are still developing.
Phantom vibration syndrome or phantom ringing syndrome is the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not. Other terms for this concept include ringxiety (a portmanteau of ring and anxiety), fauxcellarm (a portmanteau of "faux" /foʊ/ meaning "fake" or "false" and "cellphone" and "alarm" pronounced similarly to "false alarm") and phonetom (a portmanteau of phone ...
The integration of telephony software and computer systems is a major development in the evolution of office automation. The term is used in describing the computerized services of call centers, such as those that direct your phone call to the right department at a business you're calling.
As a comparison, a one-minute phone call uses up the same amount of network capacity as 600 text messages, [179] meaning that if the same cost-per-traffic formula were applied to phone calls, cell phone calls would cost $120 per minute. With service providers gaining more customers and expanding their capacity, their overhead costs should be ...
Academics have argued that sexting is a broad term for images being sent over Internet and cell phones, between minors, adults, or minors and adults, and in an abusive manner or in an innocent manner. In order to develop policy better suited for adolescent sexting cases, it is necessary to have better terms and categories of sexting.