Does the SIM as in SIM card mean anything?

Question

Do the letters SIM as in a SIM card for a phone actually stand for anything or is it just a name like say a 'SanDisk' card?

Answer 1

Subscriber Identification Module

Answer 2

Sim Means Subcriber Identity Module.

Answer 3

Subscriber Identitification Module

Answer 4

Subscriber Identitification Module

Answer 5

SIM cards store network specific information used to authenticate and identify subscribers on the Network, the most important of these are the ICCID, IMSI, Authentication Key (Ki), Local Area Identity (LAI). The SIM also stores other carrier specific data such as the SMSC (Short Message Service Centre) number, Service Provider Name (SPN), Service Dialling Numbers (SDN), and Value Added Service (VAS) applications.

ICCID
Each SIM is internationally identified by its ICCID (International Circuit Card ID). ICCIDs are stored in the SIM cards and are also engraved or printed on the SIM card body during a process called personalization.

IMSI
SIM cards are identified on their individual operator networks by holding a unique International Mobile Subscriber Identity. Mobile operators connect mobile phone calls and communicate with their market SIM cards using their IMSI.


and Sandisk is a company that makes Solid State Memory Devices based on the Flash Memory Technology which may come in the mobile arena in terms of expanding the memory of ur phone for storing multimedia, etc.

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Does the SIM as in SIM card mean anything?
Do the letters SIM as in a SIM card for a phone actually stand for anything or is it just a name like say a 'SanDisk' card?

Answer 7

It stands for Subscriber Identitification Module.

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscriber_Identity_Module

Subscriber Identity Module

Answer 9

It stands for Subscriber Identitification Module

Answer 10

S = single
I = inline
M = module

A single memory chip, whereas PC's usually go in pair, thus dual inline memory module (DIMMs)