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Definition: Area Code |
Area CodeNoun1. A number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the US and Canada. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Area Code |
| Specialty definitions using "area code": ALARM OPERATOR ♦ barfulation ♦ code segment, CONDITIONED FLOOR AREA ♦ Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications, diskless workstation ♦ final-touch-up painter, finish repairer, fire-alarm dispatcher ♦ GENERAL LIGHTING ♦ LAST REMODELER-REPAIRER ♦ MBONE ♦ numbering-plan area ♦ PAINTER, TOUCH-UP, PLAN CHECKER, pseudo-LCO ♦ remodeler, REPACK-ROOM WORKER, response rate ♦ SANITATION INSPECTOR, segmented address space, shadow ram, spot sprayer, STANDBY LOSS, STONE GRADER, Summary File 1 ♦ vacant code group ♦ ZIP Code Tabulation Area. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Callers within the geographical area of a given area code usually do not need to include this particular area code in the number dialed, thereby giving the caller shorter local telephone numbers. In international phone numbers, the area code directly follows the country calling code.
While the E.164 standard regulates country codes at the international level, it is each country's responsibility to define the numbering within its own network. As a result, area codes may have:
Before 1995, North American area codes were of the form [2-9][0/1][0-9], with the prefix or NNX in the form [2-9][2-9][0-9]; that codespace filled up due to overallocation of , and was extended to [2-9][0-8][0-9]-[2-9][0-9][0-9] (referred to as NPA-NXX).
Not all area codes correspond to geographical area. Codes 8xx with the last two digits matching, such as 800, 888, 877, 866, etc. are reserved for toll free calls. Code 900 is reserved for premium-rate calls (also known as dial-it services).
There are a number of proposals for what the NANP should do when this larger space fills up. In one proposal, existing codes may be changed to "a9bc" (e.g. San Francisco 415 would become 4915); once that conversion is complete, the new second digit would be opened for a new range. Other proposals include reallocating blocks of numbers assigned to smaller long distance carriers or unused reserved services.
None(?) of these changes enable the existence of variable length area codes, which are commonplace outside the USA (See United Kingdom below). Also see [1]
There are two noteworthy peculiarities in the US numbering:
A short list of examples, set out in the officially approved (Oftel) number groups:
Area codes were first introduced in 1958, allowing a caller to call another telephone direct instead of via a manual telephone exchange, a process known as Subscriber Trunk dialing (STD), although the process was not completed until 1979. The four-digit codes were originally assigned based on the first three letters of the respective place's name and the corresponding numbers on a telephone keypad. For example Aylesbury was given the STD code (0)296, where the letter (a) can be found on the number 2, the letter (y) on the number 9 and the letter (l) on the number 6. However as more and more places were given STD codes this system became unworkable.
In May 1990, growth of phone numbers in London caused the London area, so far (0)1, to be split into inner and outer (0)71 and (0)81.
Five years later in 1995, the whole country was running out of numbers, so nearly all local codes were given an extra initial 1. Thus, central London's (0)71 became (0)171.
Amid criticism for not having made adequate provision in 1995, on April 22, 2000, numbers in London Portsmouth Southampton Cardiff Coventry and Northern Ireland changed again to give an eight digit local number and a three digit area code - (0)20 in the case of London, for example. This was part of a larger restructuring of all UK codes.
Changes to numbering below the initial two digits will continue to occur from time-to-time.
Current Structure
Since April 28, 2001, the overall code structure in the UK is:
Databases of current area codes are held at:
For other UK topics see UK topics.Netherlands
In the Netherlands, the area codes are -- excluding the leading '0' -- one, two or three digits long, with larger towns and cities having shorter area codes permitting a larger number of telephone numbers in the ten digits used.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Area code."
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Screenplays | In the netherworld known as the 818 area code. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles) | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
area code | 32,432 | area code 866 | 162 |
area code lookup | 2,115 | area code location | 156 |
phone area code | 1,809 | usa area code | 155 |
area code search | 1,450 | area code texas | 152 |
area code finder | 1,399 | area code canada | 127 |
area code map | 740 | 720 area code | 119 |
area code directory | 608 | area code michigan | 119 |
us area code | 584 | 703 area code | 108 |
area code look up | 574 | u.s area code | 105 |
area code listing | 539 | 209 area code | 104 |
international area code | 349 | 402 area code | 103 |
area code locator | 347 | 310 area code | 97 |
area code list | 338 | state area code | 95 |
find area code | 290 | 818 area code | 93 |
united state area code | 244 | 909 area code | 93 |
california area code | 202 | 954 area code | 91 |
809 area code | 180 | area code mexico | 87 |
area code prefix | 179 | area code new york | 84 |
area code florida | 170 | 949 area code | 81 |
770 area code | 169 | 702 area code | 80 |
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| Language | Translations for "area code"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كود رقم المنطقة, مقدمة المنطقة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | omraadenummer (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zonecode (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), netnummer (code number, dialing code, dialling code, prefix, trunk code), interlokaal netnummer (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), interlokaal kengetal (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | verkkoryhmän numero (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | indicatif de zone, code postal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorwahlnummer (prefix), vorwahl (code, prefix, preliminary election, preselection, primary, primary election), Ortsnetzkennzahl (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), Kennziffer (box number, characteristic, code digit, code number, reference number), Kennzahl (classification number). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | XAK (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), υπεραστικός κώδικας (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), χαρακτηριστικός αριθμός κλήσης (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מספר אזור חיו'. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | körzethívószám. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prefisso telefonico di zona (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), prefisso regionale (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), prefisso interurbano (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), numero di distretto, codice di avviamento. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | areaay odecay indicativo regional (code number, dialing code, dialling code, regional code, trunk code), indicativo interurbano (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), indicativo de zona (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), código de área. (various references) трехзначный междугородный телефонный код, код области. (various references) prefijo telefónico, prefijo postal, distintivo interurbano (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), distintivo de zona (code number, dialing code, dialling code, trunk code), código postal (postcode, zip code). (various references) riktnummer (dialling code). (various references) telefon kodu (dialing code), bölge kodu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-o-r" | |
-2 letters: arcade, decare, ocreae, recode. | |
-3 letters: acred, adore, arced, areae, areca, cadre, cared, cedar, ceder, cered, coder, cored, credo, creed, decor, eared, erode, oared, ocrea, oread, raced. | |
-4 letters: aced, acre, aero, arco, area, cade, card, care, cede, cere, cero, coda, code, coed, cord, core, dace, dare, dear, deco, deer, dere, doer, dore, dree, odea. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-o-r" | |
+2 letters: coappeared. | |
+3 letters: accelerando, aeromedical, decarbonate, dodecahedra, embarcadero, reallocated. | |
+4 letters: accelerandos, decarbonated, decarbonates, dodecahedral, embarcaderos, endotracheal, overbalanced, overpackaged. | |
+5 letters: adrenalectomy, decarboxylase, decarboxylate, overabundance, sclerodermata. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 65 61 43 6F 64 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01100101 01100001 00100000 01000011 01101111 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r e a   C o d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0065 0061 0043 006F 0064 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35847167237817071 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, арабский, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | لغة الدانمركية, نوع كعك, دانماركي, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, francês, французский, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, hebreu, hebraico, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, русский, ruso, ryss, Rusça |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | اللغة السويدية, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, турецкий, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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