the system for transmitting text messages on mobile phones

A surname.

(communication, computing) A form of realtime communication where two or more people exchange text messages, usually short, using computers or other devices with communications capabilities.

(telecommunications) a message sent in the forward direction that contains (a) address information, (b) the signaling information required to route and connect a call to the called line, (c) service-class information, (d) information relating to user and network facilities, and (e) call-originator identity or call-receiver identity.

(chiefly law) Originally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.

plural of message

(Ireland, Scotland and Northern England) Shopping, groceries, errands.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of message

(communication, computing) A message conveyed through an instant messaging program.

(communication, computing) To convey a message via an instant messaging program.