Text messaging, or texting, is the act of sending brief, non-voice messages between two or more mobile phones, or between a mobile phone and a computer. Text messages can be sent via a mobile phone’s Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).

Most text messages are less than 160 characters in length, and messages that are longer than 160 characters are commonly divided into multiple messages. Text messages can also include images, videos, and web links.

Text messages are sent over a cellular network, or a Wi-Fi network. Cellular networks are the most common type of network for …