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Encyclopedia > White pages

White pages is a common name for a telephone directory, primarily listing the details of residential customers. 'White pages' can be used as a generic term for a telephone directory, or as a trademarked name for a directory issued by a telecommunications provider or other source. In a printed telephone directory, the white pages are printed on white paper, to make them immediately distinguishable from the yellow pages, i.e. commercial listings printed on yellow paper. Moscow phone book, 1930. ... For the use in computing, see Yellow Pages (computing). ...


'White pages' can also refer to a directory of people on the Internet. The InterNIC white pages can be accessed using the whois command on many Unix systems. InterNIC or Internet Network Information Center was the Internet governing body primarily responsible for domain name and IP address allocations until September 18, 1998 when this role was assumed by the ICANN body. ... Filiation of Unix and Unix-like systems Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX®, sometimes also written as or ® with small caps) is a computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie and Douglas McIlroy. ...


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Country URL
Flag of the United States USA whitepages.com
Flag of Albania Albania http://en.logoreci.com/albanian-phone_book
Flag of Australia Australia whitepages.com.au
Flag of Belgium Belgium Whitepages.be
Flag of Canada Canada whitepages.ca
Flag of the People's Republic of China China Whitepages
Flag of Denmark Denmark Krak, De hvide sider
Flag of France France Pages Blanches
Flag of Greece Greece OTE
Flag of Italy Italy Pagine Bianche
Flag of India India India Pages
Flag of the Netherlands The Netherlands whitepages.nl
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand whitepages.co.nz
Flag of Norway Norway Nettkatalogen.no
Flag of Spain Spain Páginas Blancas
Flag of Sweden Sweden Eniro.se

Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Albania. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... For other uses, see Netherlands (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ...

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In some countries Whitepages exist only on a city level:

  • Hong Kong PCCW Directory Inquiries - currently 404
  • Macau Whitepages.com.mo


 

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