GSMINFO(7)

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version 1.10+20120414.gita5e5ae9a · 7 versions
, in ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

✨ GSMINFO 💖

okay bestie, so you're about to dive into gsminfo — the manual page that's basically the group chat glossary for the whole gsmlib universe 🌸 this is the page you read before you read the other pages, so you're not sitting there like "what is a TA 😭" the entire time.

🎀 NAME 🎀

gsminfo — GSM general information. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's the lore drop 📖✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ gsmlib is a library that lets you access GSM mobile phones through GSM modems or via IrDA devices. she's versatile, she's connected, she contains multitudes 💅

and because the gsmlib docs and error messages are out here throwing abbreviations at you like confetti, here's your decoder ring 🔮 — every single one, no skips:

  • ME — Mobile Equipment. it's the mobile phone, usually. like, the actual physical phone in your hand. main character energy 📱👑
  • SC — Service Centre. in the context of this documentation, it's the center responsible for sending and relaying SMs. the middleman. the relay. the plug 🫶
  • SM — Short Message. yeah. that kind of message. the short one 💌
  • SME — Short Message Equipment. usually the mobile phone. (yes, it's giving "same phone, different name" — the docs said what they said 🤷♀️)
  • TA — Terminal Adapter. this can be a GSM modem PC card, or it can be integrated into the ME. she can be a whole separate card or she can live inside the phone. flexible queen ✨
  • TE — Terminal Equipment. this is the device the TA is connected to — usually the computer. so like... you. it's you. you're the TE bestie 💻💖
lowkey this whole page is just "here's what the letters mean so you stop being confused" and honestly? iconic. no cap. 🌈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Peter Hofmann <software@pxh.de>

Copyright © 1999 Peter Hofmann

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

go read these next, fr fr — they're all part of the same friend group:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🎀🦋🌸 this one came from gsmctl v1.10, dated Sun Mar 31 18:20:52 UTC 2024 — so if you're ever wondering when this info was last touched up, that's your timestamp. periodt 💅✨

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