area codes
Dialing zone identifiers
Area codes are the three-digit prefixes in North American telephone numbers that identify geographic regions.
Before cell phones, area codes mapped reliably to locations—knowing someone's area code told you where they lived.
Now people keep their original area codes when moving, so the geographic signal has weakened: She still has a 212 area code even though she moved to LA years ago.
Entering a phone number
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- numberingAssigning sequential figures
- telephoneVoice communication device
- landlineStationary wired telephone
mobile · exchange · directory · long-distance · local call · subscriber · digits · phonebook
Indefinite bounded area
- stateCondition or mode
- cityLarge populated area
- districtBounded administrative area
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
zone · map · county · metropolitan · rural · urban · overlay · split
HTTP error code
- memorabilityEase of being recalled
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
Broadcast oversight agency
- allocationDistribution of shares
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- portabilityEase of carrying
reassignment · carrier · provider · registry · compliance · petition · lottery · rationing
dialing
Entering a phone number
- prefixRoot-modifying front element
- numberingAssigning sequential figures
- telephoneVoice communication device
landline · mobile · exchange · directory · long-distance · local call · subscriber · digits · phonebook · switchboard
region
Indefinite bounded area
territory · zone · map · county · metropolitan · rural · urban · overlay · split · boundary
404
HTTP error code
- memorabilityEase of being recalled
- prestigeReputation commanding admiration
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
recognition · hometown · nostalgia · regional pride · status symbol
FCC
Broadcast oversight agency
- allocationDistribution of shares
- assignmentAllocated work or duty
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
portability · reassignment · carrier · provider · registry · compliance · petition · lottery · rationing
- location termsGPS, coordinates, latitude, longitude, mapping
- phone servicesvoicemail, caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, call blocking
- location codescountry codes, postal codes, zip codes, geocodes, coordinates
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, call, dial tone, phone lines
- numberingserial numbers, order numbers, tracking numbers, phone numbers, page numbers
- phone book contentsphone numbers, business listings, index pages