Korean slang profile
MID
mid
Mobile internet device
An abbreviation for a small computer or portable internet device designed around internet use and portability.
- Expanded form
- Mobile Internet DeviceMobile Internet Device
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Nov 12, 2008
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
기사는 주머니에 넣을 만한 MID 시제품을 소개했다.
The article introduced a pocket-sized MID prototype.
02Documented history
- 2008-11-12The usage context and meaning of “MID” can be found in 유엠아이디, GMV 2008에서 MID 최초 공개 (에이빙).[1]
03Origin & word formation
A shortened or abbreviated form of “Mobile Internet Device”. The paired MID and English expanded form and its use for a small computer were checked in a 2008 article. The first unveiling in the title concerns that product and was not treated as the birth of the expression. Its use and explanation in these sources were checked; the actual first namer and date of coinage have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The paired MID and English expanded form and its use for a small computer were checked in a 2008 article. The first unveiling in the title concerns that product and was not treated as the birth of the expression.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 유엠아이디, GMV 2008에서 MID 최초 공개 (에이빙)Published Nov 12, 2008Original source checked Nov 14, 2026