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  2. Harmonized System - Wikipedia

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    The process of assigning HS codes is known as "HS Classification". All products can be classified in the HS by using the General Rules for the Interpretation of the Harmonized System ("GRI") that must be applied in strict order. HS codes can be determined by a variety of factors including a product's composition, its form and its function.

  3. North American Industry Classification System - Wikipedia

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    It has largely replaced the older Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system, except in some government agencies, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). An establishment is typically a single physical location, though administratively distinct operations at a single location may be treated as separate establishments.

  4. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    Area code dialing is optional in most geographical area codes, except Moscow (area codes 495, 498, 499); it is mandatory for non-geographical area codes. E.123 international and Microsoft formats are used for writing local phone numbers as well; international prefix and country code 7 are replaced with trunk code 8 (or 8~CC ) when dialing a ...

  5. Interchangeable NPA and central office codes - Wikipedia

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    By 1971 the North American network had been prepared for operation with central office codes that permitted the digits 0 and 1 as the middle digit, i.e. with the number format NXX (less N11), where N=2–9, and X=0–9. [4]

  6. Telephone exchange names - Wikipedia

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    Telephone numbers listed in 1920 in New York City having three-letter exchange prefixes. In the United States, the most-populous cities, such as New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, initially implemented dial service with telephone numbers consisting of three letters and four digits (3L-4N) according to a system developed by W. G. Blauvelt of AT&T in 1917. [1]

  7. All-number calling - Wikipedia

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    All-number calling (ANC) is a telephone numbering plan that was introduced into the North American Numbering Plan by the Bell System in the United States starting in 1958 [1] to replace the previous system of using a telephone exchange name as the first part of a telephone number. [2]

  8. Director telephone system - Wikipedia

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    In a Director area there were 8 digits available for the A-digit letter of the exchange name (excluding ‘1’and ‘0’), and 9 digits each for the B-digit and C-digit letters; hence there were a maximum of 648 exchange names (8 × 9 × 9), though in practice some ABC codes (e.g. 555) did not have a usable name equivalent, and by 1966 London ...

  9. List of international call prefixes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of international dialing prefixes used in various countries for direct dialing of international telephone calls.These prefixes are typically required only when dialling from a landline, while in GSM-compliant mobile phone (cell phone) systems, the symbol + before the country code may be used irrespective of where the telephone is used at that moment; the network operator ...