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In the mid-20th century United States, before the switch to all-number calling, telephone numbers had seven symbols, including a two-symbol prefix which was expressed in letters rather than digits, e.g.; KL5-5445. The UK telephone numbering system used a similar two-letter code after an initial zero (the zero prefix selected trunk dialling) to form the first part of the subscriber trunk dialling

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