names and telephone numbers
11telephone directory — noun (C) a book containing an alphabetical list of the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all the people in a particular area …
12telephone directory — telephone di,rectory noun count a book containing the names, telephone numbers, and addresses of people and businesses in a particular area …
13Telephone exchange names — During the early years of telephone service, communities that required more than 10,000 telephone numbers, whether dial service was available or not, utilized exchange names to distinguish identical numerics for different customers.When dial… …
14Telephone number — A telephone number or phone number is a sequence of digits used to call from one telephone line to another in a public switched telephone network. When telephone numbers were invented, they were short as few as one, two or three digits and were… …
15Telephone exchange — A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard. In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls. A central… …
16Telephone directory — Phone book and White pages redirect here. For a contact list, see Contact list. For other uses, see White pages (disambiguation). Gothenburg telephone directory, 1928. A telephone directory (also called a telephone book, phone book and… …
17Numbers and fractions — This entry deals with: • numbers, such as 4, 108, and 1,001 • Roman numerals, such as IV, XII, and XXXII • ordinal numbers, such as seventh , twenty first , and 63rd • fractions, decimals, and percentages, such as *41/2, 3.142, and 21% • ways of… …
18numbers and fractions — This entry deals with: • numbers, such as 4, 108, and 1,001 • Roman numerals, such as IV, XII, and XXXII • ordinal numbers, such as seventh , twenty first , and 63rd • fractions, decimals, and percentages, such as *41/2, 3.142, and 21% • ways of… …
19Numbers station — Fictional example of a numbers station. Numbers stations (or number stations) are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. In the 1950s, Time magazine reported that the numbers stations first appeared shortly after World War II and were… …
20Numbers game — Cut number redirects here; cut number also refers to the codes used to identify pasta varieties. Numbers game, also known as a numbers racket, policy racket or Italian lottery, is an illegal lottery played mostly in poor neighborhoods in the… …
