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In seven-digit dialing, only the central office code and the station number is dialed, indicating that the call destination is within the local area code. This was the standard in most of North America from the 1950s onward. In some small villages with only one local exchange, it may have been permissible to dial only the four-digit station number.
While slang is usually inappropriate for formal settings, this assortment includes well-known expressions from that time, with some still in use today, e.g., blind date, cutie-pie, freebie, and take the ball and run. [2] These items were gathered from published sources documenting 1920s slang, including books, PDFs, and websites.
Direct Dial Central Office (Opposite of DID) US DDD: Direct Distance Dialing: US DDI: Direct Dialing In: UK DECT: Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications DID: Direct Inward Dialing: US DMS: Digital Multiplex System (e.g. DMS-100) Can DNIS: Dialed Number Identification System: US DSL: Digital subscriber line DTMF: dual-tone multi-frequency FDM
Getty Images Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.
Kappa Alpha Theta celebrates with a Little 500 bicycle after winning the 36th running of the women’s Little 500 at Bill Armstrong Stadium on Friday, April 19, 2024.
A five-unit bet that is a combination of a horn and any-seven bet, with the idea that if a seven is rolled the bet is a push, because the money won on the seven is lost on the horn portions of the bet. The combine odds are 26:5 on the 2, 12, 11:5 on the 3, 11, and a push on the 7. world See whirl wrong way bettor
Phreaking began in the 1960s when it was discovered that certain whistles could replicate the 2600 Hz pitch used in phone signalling systems in the United States. [3] Phone phreaks experimented with dialing around the telephone network to understand how the phone system worked, engaging in activities such as listening to the pattern of tones to figure out how calls were routed, reading obscure ...
The term gained widespread popularity in 2021, when X user Lily Simpson posted a series of photos, including a book cover and YouTube thumbnail image, related to sigma males. One of the photos was ...