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Definitions of gsm word

noun gsm Grams per square meter, a measure of weight for paper. 1
noun Definition of gsm in Technology (communications) (GSM) One of the major standards for digital mobile communications. In 1982, the Groupe Speciale Mobile was formed by the Confederation of European Posts and Telecommunications (CEPT) to design a pan-European mobile technology. GSM was named after the "Groupe de travail Spéciale pour les services Mobiles" group of CEPT that wrote the first GSM specifications. By 2011, GSM was in use in over 60 countries and serving over six billion subscribers. The GSM standard uses the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz bands. 1
uncountable noun gsm GSM is a digital mobile telephone system, used across Europe and in other parts of the world. GSM is an abbreviation for 'global system for mobile communication'. 0
abbreviation GSM grams per square metre: the term used to specify the weight of paper 0
abbreviation GSM Global System for Mobile Communications 0
noun gsm a wireless transmission standard for digital cellphones used worldwide 0

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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