SIM card
Definitions
A small, removable card smaller than a credit card which stores mobile phone data such as contact names and numbers, SMSs and security information.
Equivalents
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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