message
Java
In the Java Message Service, an asynchronous request, report, or event that is created, sent, and consumed by an enterprise application and not by a human. It contains vital information needed to coordinate enterprise applications, in the form of precisely formatted data that describes specific business actions.
Telecommunications
Any thought or idea expressed briefly in a plain or secret language, prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication. [JP 1-02] Note: A message may be a one-unit message or a multiunit message. 2. [In telecommunications,] Record information expressed in plain or encrypted language and prepared in a format specified for intended transmission by a telecommunications system. [JP1] 3. An arbitrary amount of information whose beginning and end are defined or implied. 4. A completed call, i.e., a communication in which a conversation or exchange of information took place between the calling and called parties. [47 CFR Pt.36-A]