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The 160-character handcuffs that taught humanity to text before phones got clever.
means A protocol for sending short text messages over cellular networks, capped at 160 characters per message.
from Short Message Service, conceived in 1984 by Friedhelm Hillebrand, who typed random sentences and found 160 characters fit most thoughts.
First textSaid merry christmas, sent in 1992.
Why 160Squeezed into spare signaling bandwidth, not message channels.
BirthdayOlder than the World Wide Web.