area code

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area code

n.1. The first three digits of a ten-digit phone number in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, associated with a specific geographical area.2. A similar number of varying length associated with a geographic area within a country in another part of the world.

area code

n (Telecommunications) a number prefixed to an individual telephone number: used in making long-distance calls

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n. a three-digit code that identifies one of the telephone areas into which the U.S. and certain other countries are divided, used when dialing a call between areas. [1960–65]

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Noun

area code - a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canadacode - a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy

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Area Code

A three-digit code affixed at the beginning of a telephone number in a geographic region. Sometimes, if a place has an exceptionally large number of phone numbers, a single region can have more than one area code. Area codes were introduced in 1951 to allow for direct long-distance dialing.

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noun a number usually of 3 digits assigned to a telephone area as in the United States and Canada

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