SIM card

English

Etymology

From SIM (i.e. Subscriber Identity Module) +‎ card.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪm ˌkɑː(ɹ)d/
  • Audio (General American):(file)

Noun

SIM card (plural SIM cards)

  1. A small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information.
    • 2021 February 10, Eoin McSweeney, “As Covid-19 cases rise in Nigeria, a government policy is creating crowds and chaos”, in CNN‎[1]:
      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.

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