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  2. National Center for Education Statistics - Wikipedia

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    The functions of NCES have existed in some form since 1867, when Congress passed legislation providing "That there shall be established at the City of Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the ...

  3. Seven-digit dialing - Wikipedia

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    Systematic conversion of city dial systems commenced to the seven-digit (two-letter-five-number) numbering plan. Central office codes were restricted to the digits 2 to 9 in the middle position, to facilitate machine recognition when an area code was dialed. The same rule already applied to the first digit for technical and historical reasons.

  4. Vertical service code - Wikipedia

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    A vertical service code (VSC) is a sequence of digits and the signals star (*) and pound/hash (#) dialed on a telephone keypad or rotary dial to access certain telephone service features. [1] Some vertical service codes require dialing of a telephone number after the code sequence.

  5. Dial plan - Wikipedia

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    Dial plans in the public switched telephone network referred to as dialing procedures. [2] The collection of permissible digit patterns, so called digit-maps, for a private telephone system or for customer premise equipment, such as an analog telephone adapter (ATA) or an IP phone, is sometimes also called dial plan. A pattern may be as short ...

  6. North American Numbering Plan - Wikipedia

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    *74 and 1174 — speed dial, which allows someone to quickly dial any of eight frequently called numbers using a one-digit code, from any phone on their line *75 — allows a total of 30 speed-call numbers with two digits *77 — activates Anonymous Call Rejection Service *82 and 1182 — releases Caller ID block on a call-by-call basis

  7. ‘Engaging in life.’ Why a Tri-Citian who depends on Dial-A ...

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    The changes are an adjustment of Via’s current contract and also include limited busing services in Prosser and Benton City and a proposed shuttle service to the Tri-Cities Airport.

  8. Ringback number - Wikipedia

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    In the 1970s and early 1980s, 1199011 was a number that when called would result in another dial tone. Afterwards, if the phone was hung up and then quickly picked up again in less than approximately 1/2 second (ie: a hook flash), a steady tone would then be heard (different from a regular dial tone). Hanging up the phone after this would ...

  9. MLB rule changes for 2024 amend pitch clock, runner's lane ...

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    MLB's competition committee voted to approve multiple rule changes for 2024, the league announced Thursday. Those updates include subtraction of two seconds from the pitch clock when there are men ...