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  2. Area codes 202 and 771 - Wikipedia

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    If a 1-202-574 number was in use in the District, the corresponding 1-703-574 number or 1-301-574 number could only be assigned to jurisdictions a safe distance from the metropolitan area, such as southwestern Virginia or the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Conversely, if a 1-703-552 number was in use in Northern Virginia or a 1-301-552 Maryland ...

  3. 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]

  4. Quadrants of Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Washington, D.C., is administratively divided into four geographical quadrants of unequal size, each delineated by their ordinal directions from the medallion located in the Crypt under the Rotunda of the Capitol. Street and number addressing, centered on the Capitol, radiates out into each of the quadrants, producing a number of intersections ...

  5. Virtual PC - Wikipedia

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    Windows Virtual PC entered public beta testing on April 30, 2009, [21] and was released alongside Windows 7 on July 22, 2009. [22] [23] Windows Virtual PC is available free of charge for certain editions of Windows 7, [3] either pre-installed by OEMs or via download from the Microsoft website. [1]

  6. 64-bit computing - Wikipedia

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    DEC releases OpenVMS 7.0, the first full 64-bit version of OpenVMS for Alpha. First 64-bit Linux distribution for the Alpha architecture is released. [22] 1996 Support for the R4x00 processors in 64-bit mode is added by Silicon Graphics to the IRIX operating system in release 6.2. 1998 Sun releases Solaris 7, with full 64-bit UltraSPARC support ...

  7. File:Women working at a switchboard at the U.S. Capitol ...

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    [Women working at a switchboard at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.] [1959] 1 photograph : safety negative ; film width 35mm (roll format) Notes: Title devised by Library staff. Related contact sheet folder caption from USN&WR COLL - Job no. 1924: "Hill Story blank MST Views of the Hill switchboard.

  8. SoftPC - Wikipedia

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    SoftPC is a software emulator of x86 hardware. It was developed by Rod MacGregor, Henry Nash & Phil Bousfield, following the founding of Insignia Solutions in 1986 by MacGregor, with "about a dozen people who had left the CAD/CAM workstation specialist Computervision", believing in a market opportunity for an independent CAD/CAM consultancy.

  9. Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia

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    Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named after George Washington, the first president of the United ...