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  2. Seven-digit dialing - Wikipedia

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    The system was based on fixed-length numbers; a direct-dial long-distance call consisted of a three-digit area code and a seven-digit local number. Numbers in 2L-4N cities (such as Montréal and Toronto ) were systematically lengthened to seven digits in the 1950s, a few exchanges at a time, so that all local numbers were seven digits when ...

  3. Canada Post - Wikipedia

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    The system of barcode digit checking is referred to as Modulo 11 or Modulus 11 digit calculation. Canada Post use 16 digit numeric tracking numbers / barcodes for parcels that originate from a Canada Post post office. The first 7 digits are the reference numbers for the specific post office that the package originated.

  4. Delivery point - Wikipedia

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    Delivery point. In a postal system, a delivery point (sometimes DP) is a single mailbox or other place at which mail is delivered. It differs from a street address, in that each address may have several delivery points, such as an apartment, office department, or other room. Such buildings (primarily residential) are often called multiple ...

  5. Telephone keypad - Wikipedia

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    A telephone keypad using the ITU E.161 standard. A telephone keypad is a keypad installed on a push-button telephone or similar telecommunication device for dialing a telephone number. It was standardized when the dual-tone multi-frequency signaling (DTMF) system was developed in the Bell System in the United States in the 1960s that replaced ...

  6. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Kenmore 9392 is a five-pull (1L-4N) small-city telephone number for the Kenmore exchange in Fort Wayne, Indiana. MArket 7032 is a six-digit (2L-4N) telephone number. This format was in use from the 1920s through the 1950s, and was phased out c. 1960. BALdwin 6828 is an urban 3L-4N example, used only in the largest cities before conversion to ...

  7. Telephone numbers in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Telephone number representation. Canadian (and other North American Numbering Plan) telephone numbers are usually written as (NPA) NXX-XXXX. For example, 250 555 0199, a fictional number, could be written as (250) 555-0199, 250-555-0199, 250-5550199, or 250/555-0199. The Government of Canada's Translation Bureau recommends using hyphens between ...

  8. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    The area code 050 uses an 11 digit phone number (050-XXXX-XXXX), where XXXX-XXXX is the subscriber number; 110 and 119 are examples of three digit emergency numbers; Malaysia. All area codes including mobile start with a "0" (trunk prefix) for domestic calls.

  9. Estimated date of delivery - Wikipedia

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    The estimated date of delivery ( EDD ), also known as expected date of confinement, [1] and estimated due date or simply due date, is a term describing the estimated delivery date for a pregnant woman. [2] Normal pregnancies last between 38 and 42 weeks. [3] Children are delivered on their expected due date about 4% of the time.