SIM card
noun/ˈsɪm ˌkɑː(ɹ)d/
Etymology From SIM (i.e. Subscriber Identity Module) + card.
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A small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information.
- Despite the ongoing health crisis, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered phone operators in the country to block SIM cards not linked to a national identity number (NIN), used to bundle together biometric records such as fingerprints and headshots. […] Even when people manage to get a NIN, they must then integrate it with their SIM card by texting their service provider a code, a process that users say is sometimes glitchy.2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN:
- Related terms
- Subscriber Identity Module, dual SIM, dual-SIM, triple SIM, triple-SIM