SMS is Short Message Service, a form of text-messaging communication based on phones.

SMS may also refer to:

Science and technology

  • Smith–Magenis syndrome, a genetic developmental disorder
  • SMS (gene), which encodes the spermine synthase enzyme
  • Serotonin modulator and stimulator, a type of drug
  • Synchronous Meteorological Satellite, a NASA program
  • Simultaneous multiple surface, in non-imaging optics
  • Stiff-person syndrome (SPS), also known as stiff-man syndrome (SMS)

Computing

  • Sega Master System, video game console
  • Sudden Motion Sensor, on Apple notebook computers
  • Spectral modeling synthesis, an acoustic modeling approach
  • Super Mario Sunshine, video game

Hardware

  • Standard Modular System, a packaging standard for IBM second generation (discrete transistor) computers prior to the S/360.

Software

  • SMS (hydrology software), surface-water modeling software
  • Supervisor Monitoring Scheduler, a Unix/Linux job scheduler
  • Systems Management Server, later System Center Configuration Manager, by Microsoft
  • Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (MVS), central component of z/OS, optional in some older forms of MVS
  • Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (MVS)#System Managed Storage, a facility in DFSMS/MVS

Arts and entertainment

  • SMS (band), a Ukrainian pop band
  • SMS (illustrator), British comic book illustrator
  • "SMS" (Bangerz), a song from the Miley Cyrus album Bangerz
  • S.M.S. portfolios, artists' portfolios
  • Shorty McShorts, the host of Shorty McShorts' Shorts
  • S. M. Subbaiah Naidu, an Indian music director
  • :SMS: Sin Miedo a Soñar, Spanish television series

Film

  • Stop Making Sense, a 1984 concert film by Talking Heads
  • Siva Manasula Sakthi, a 2009 Tamil film
  • Siva Manasulo Sruthi, a 2012 Telugu film
  • SMS (2008 film), a Malayalam-language Indian film

Organizations

  • Party of Modern Serbia (Stranka moderne Srbije), a political party in Serbia
  • Youth Party of Slovenia (Stranka mladih Slovenije), a Slovenian political party
  • Scientific Micro Systems, producer of the SMS300 microcontroller
  • SMS Audio, a US headphone manufacturer
  • Santa Monica Studio, an American video game developer
  • Marine Service Squadron
  • Swedish Mathematical Society
  • Saskatchewan Marshals Service, a provincial law enforcement agency created in 2025

Education

  • Special Music School, New York City, US
  • Saint Mary's School (Raleigh, North Carolina), US
  • Shawnee Mission South High School, in the Shawnee Mission School District, Kansas

Transportation

  • Safety management system, in the workplace
  • Sainte Marie Airport (IATA code), Madagascar
  • Seiner Majestät Schiff (His Majesty's Ship), ship prefix in the Kaiserliche Marine and K.u.K. Kriegsmarine
  • Scheduled Maintenance System, of New York City Subway rolling stock

Other uses

  • Schiffe Menschen Schicksale, German maritime magazine
  • Sergej Milinković-Savić, Serbian football player
  • Sawai Mansingh Stadium, a cricket stadium in India
  • Skolt Sami language (ISO 639 alpha-3 language code)
  • SMS, nonwoven fabrics with spun and melted layers

See also

  • SM (disambiguation)