1.1 --- a/data/dictionary.xml Thu Jul 11 18:31:52 2013 +0200
1.2 +++ b/data/dictionary.xml Thu Jul 11 18:47:13 2013 +0200
1.3 @@ -43,7 +43,24 @@
1.4 </concept>
1.5 <concept>
1.6 <term abbreviation="SMS" completeForm="short message service" language="en"/>
1.7 - <explanation language="en"><text></text></explanation>
1.8 + <explanation language="en">
1.9 + <text>
1.10 + a service or particular short text message sent from or to a mobile phone;
1.11 + length of the content in one message is 140 bytes (octets), the number of characters depends on encoding, if 7-bit one is used, it is well known 160 characters;
1.12 + the number „160“ is iconic for SMS
1.13 + </text>
1.14 + </explanation>
1.15 + </concept>
1.16 + <concept>
1.17 + <term abbreviation="" completeForm="octet" language="en"/>
1.18 + <term abbreviation="" completeForm="byte" language="en"/>
1.19 + <explanation language="en">
1.20 + <text>
1.21 + a unit of digital information;
1.22 + byte (almost always) consists of 8 bits, which means 256 possible values (2^8);
1.23 + octet is a synonym for 8-bit byte which accents that we really mean the 8-bit byte (and not e.g. the 7-bit one)
1.24 + </text>
1.25 + </explanation>
1.26 </concept>
1.27 <concept>
1.28 <term abbreviation="MMS" completeForm="multimedia messaging service" language="en"/>