(Australia) A piece of wood, etched with angular lines and dots, traditionally used by Australian aborigines to communicate messages between different clans and language groups.

plural of fox message

A message sent to test a teletype machine, incorporating most or all of the available text characters.

plural of message board

(Internet) A message set by a user of instant messaging software and displayed as part of their profile.

A message left on a voice mail system.

plural of message stick

plural of message coupling

(computing) a the loosest form of coupling that can be achieved by a state of decentralization

(computing) An intermediary program that translates a message from the formal messaging protocol of the sender to the formal messaging protocol of the receiver in a telecommunication network where programs communicate by exchanging formally-defined messages.