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a point to the message's “spam score.” Next, rate the likelihood that the message is spam, based on
the number of points it received.
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(SMS Language)
Short Message Service (SMS) is a communications service that allows
sending text messages of 160 or fewer characters between mobile phones. With the proliferation of
mobile phone use worldwide, SMS is being used in many developing nations for political purposes
(e.g., voicing opinions and opposition), reporting news about natural disasters, and so on. For ex-
ample, check out
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. Since the length of SMS messages is lim-
ited, SMS Language—abbreviations of common words and phrases in mobile text messages, e-
mails, instant messages, etc.—is often used. For example, “in my opinion” is “imo” in SMS Lan-
guage. Research SMS Language online. Write a GUI application in which the user can enter a mes-
sage using SMS Language, then click a button to translate it into English (or your own language).
Also provide a mechanism to translate text written in English (or your own language) into SMS Lan-
guage. One potential problem is that one SMS abbreviation could expand into a variety of phrases.
For example, IMO (as used above) could also stand for “International Maritime Organization,” “in
memory of,” etc.
