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Archives: Glossary Terms

Default Country

All CXT accounts have a default country to assist in the conversion of mobile number into an international format and to display account balances in

Dedicated Number

A dedicated number is a virtual phone number that belongs to only one account and is used for SMS or MMS messaging. For people to

Custom word

A custom word is a word or piece of text that can be set as a Sender ID. Custom words can be 11 characters long

Custom Field

When creating a contact list in CXT, the custom field refers to compulsory information fields that need to be filled out before progressing. These fields

CSV file

A Comma-Separated Value file (CSV file) is a specially formatted file which allows different software to uniformly import and export information. A CSV file will

CTIA Messaging Principle

The CTIA Messaging Principles and Best Practices, dated as of July 2019, is the outline the use of enterprise SMS in the USA, particularly concerning

Country Code

A country code or international prefix is a country-specific number that begins a full mobile number. These are especially important when sending messages internationally. To

CPaaS

Short for Communications Platform as a Service, a CPaaS is a cloud-based platform that provides developers to scale communication services to applications that suit their

CLiX Credit

This refers to an amount, represented in units of an accepted currency by CLiX, that may be used as consideration for services provided.

Bulk SMS

Bulk SMS refers to sending any substantial quantity of text messages at one time to multiple different recipients. CLiX provides the option of sending many

Application–To–Person (A2P)

A2P messaging is high traffic SMS sent primarily by a business, organization, or entity through an application to communicate with end-users, usually in one-way communication.

API

Short for Application Programming Interface, API is a software intermediary that allows applications, databases, libraries and systems to interact and communicate with one another. In