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Subject:Re: 'Prepend' isn't a word, is it? From:Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 17 May 1999 10:17:09 -0700
You'll find "prepend" in the telecom dictionaries. When placing a call,
you sometimes need to prepend numbers to the beginning of the phone number.
These are numbers you dial *before* you dial the phone number. Like the
elephant's trunk, that goes before him. <smile>
Sometimes you need to look in dictionaries for a particular discipline. In
this case, a telecom dictionary would have helped.
Marilynne
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