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| OFFICIAL LOG LISTING NAMES TO WHICH NUMBERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED, |
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| OLDEST FORM OF CLASSIFICATION & SERVES AS BASIS FOR ALL OTHER FILING SYSTEMS. |
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| COMBINATION OF ALPHABETIC AND NUMERIC CODES. |
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| GEOGRAPHIC ZONES FOR TELEPHONE NETWORKS. |
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| BLOCKS OF NUMBERS RESERVED FOR RECORDS THAT HAVE COMMON FEATURE OR CHARACTERISTIC. |
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| SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES THE CALENDAR DATES AS THE SIGNIFICANT DIVISIONS. |
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| PERMITS SUBJECT (TOPIC) TO BE SUBDIVIDED THUS EXPANDING THE NUMERIC ARRANGEMENT. |
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| DEVELOPED IN 1873 PRIMARILY FOR CATALOGING LIBRARY BOOKS INTO 10 GENERAL CATEGORIES. |
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| FILE NUMBERS MAY HAVE TWO OR MORE SETS OF CODE NUMBERS SEPARATED BY A DASH, COMMA, PERIOD OR DASH. |
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| ONE OR MORE FILING UNITS (TOTAL NAME, NUMBER OR SUJECT) USED FOR FILING PURPOSES. |
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| PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW IN ESTABLISHING CONSISTENT FILING RULES. |
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| MAY BE A NUMBER, LETTER, WORD OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF. |
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| ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY ACCORDING TO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS. |
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| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SYSTEM |
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| USES AN ALPHANUMERIC CODE THAT INCLUDES 1 OR 2 ALPHABETIC LETTERS AND SERIES OF NUMBERS THAT DESIGNATE SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN CATEGIRUES, |
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| EFFECTIVE IF USING <6 DIGITS. |
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| NUMERIC CODES THAT TELL SOMETHING ABOUT THE PERSON OR ITEM (I.E. CODES WITH ADDITIONAL MEANINGS). |
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| INDIRECT-ACCESS SYSTEM CONSISTING OF VARIOUS COMBINATIONS OF NUMERIC CODES ASSIGNED TO NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS OR SUBJECTS. |
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| INDIVIDUAL CARDS OR COMPUTER LISTING OF ALL NAMES TO WHICH NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED IN ALPHABETIC ORDER. |
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| SEQUENTIAL FILES/SERIAL FILES |
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| TERM USED FOR A STRAIGHT NUMERIC SYSTEM. |
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| ALPHANUMERIC CODE INCLUDES AN ALPHABETIC LETTER (FIRST LETTER OF THE NAME BEING CODED) AND 3 NUMBERS REPRESENTING THE CONSONANT SOUNDS IN THE NAME. |
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| RECORDS ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER ACCORDING TO TOPICS OR CATEGORIES. |
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| RECORDS ARE FILED BY THE LAST (TERMINAL) DIGITS. CODE NUMBER DIVIDED INTO 2 - 3 DIGITS AS A GENERAL RULE. |
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| (ZONE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM) ESTABLISHED IN 1981, ARE EXTENSION OF ORIGINAL SYSEM. |
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