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  2. Grammage - Wikipedia

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    It is often notated as gsm on paper product labels and spec sheets. Expressed in terms of the mass per number of sheets of a specific paper size , known as basis weight . The convention used in the United States and a few other countries using US-standard paper sizes is pounds (lb) per a ream of 500 (or in some cases 1000) sheets of a given ...

  3. GSM - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Haug (first GSM president) and Philippe Dupuis (second GSM president) during a GSM meeting in Belgium, April 1992. In 1983, work began to develop a European standard for digital cellular voice telecommunications when the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) set up the Groupe Spécial Mobile (GSM) committee and later provided a permanent technical ...

  4. SIM card - Wikipedia

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    A typical SIM card (mini-SIM with micro-SIM cutout) A SIM card or SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is an integrated circuit (IC) intended to securely store an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number and its related key, which are used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephone devices (such as mobile phones and laptops).

  5. Category:GSM standard - Wikipedia

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    GSM is a standard for mobile phones.The ubiquity of the GSM standard makes international roaming very common with "roaming agreements" between operators. GSM differs significantly from its predecessors, in that both signalling and speech channels are digital, which means that it is seen as a second generation mobile phone system.

  6. Comparison of mobile phone standards - Wikipedia

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    Cellular network standards and generation timeline. This is a comparison of standards of wireless networking technologies for devices such as mobile phones.A new generation of cellular standards has appeared approximately every tenth year since 1G systems were introduced in 1979 and the early to mid-1980s.

  7. What is GSM? Here’s why it matters for towels and fabrics - AOL

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    GSM, or grams per square meter, measures the weight and feel of a fabric. We spoke with experts about the difference between GSM and thread count and how to look for high quality towels.

  8. Ounce - Wikipedia

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    Ounces are also used to express the "weight", or more accurately the areal density, of a textile fabric in North America, Asia, or the UK, as in "16 oz denim". The number refers to the weight in ounces of a given amount of fabric, either a yard of a given width, or a square yard, where the depth of the fabric is a fabric-specific constant. [18]

  9. Here’s What the Lines on a Solo Cup Are Actually For

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    Take a second to look at the plastic cups stashed in your cabinets for a future backyard party. You’ll notice several lines on each 16 oz. cup.