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short code
noun
A number of fewer digits than a telephone number, used as an abbreviated telephone number for use only when dialing from a cellular phone.
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"You can't just come up with a short code and a good cause," Mr. Ross said.
Slim offered, on the spot, to sponsor the free nationwide short code.
But on the Fox affiliate we gave out our short code and asked people to text in to win.
Why not have a free short code for text messages so that anyone could report a crime?
The author of an e-mail inserts a short code, known as a digital signature, into the header of each message.
The ARMANI (276264) short code has become a ubiquitous part of the company's branding — etched into store windows, posted in dressing rooms and on the retailer's Web site.
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For testing, we chose the short coding and non-coding sequences from seven prokaryotic organisms.
The genome of higher eukaryotes codes for most of its proteins through short coding sequences (exons) interrupted by non-coding sequences (introns).
In many countries, texting -- sending short, coded text messages to another cell user -- has become the communication method of choice, especially for adolescents.
Such constraints impose the adoption of short codes.
I have not had the same problem with other short codes.
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