GSM Definition

gēĕsĕm
noun
A wireless transmission standard for digital cell phones, used worldwide.
Webster's New World
A digital cell-phone system using this standard.
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abbreviation
Grams per square metre, (unit for measuring the weight of paper)
Wiktionary
(telecommunications) Global System for Mobile communications.
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(electronics) Groupe Spécial Mobile.
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(LGBT) Gender and/or sexual minority.
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Origin of GSM

  • Originally short for French Groupe Spécial Mobile Special Mobile Group now officially short for Global System for Mobile Communications

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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