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  2. Yellow pages - Wikipedia

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    The yellow pages are telephone directories of businesses, organized by category rather than alphabetically by business name, in which advertising is sold. The directories were originally printed on yellow paper, as opposed to white pages for non-commercial listings. The traditional term "yellow pages" is now also applied to online directories ...

  3. Yellowpages.com - Wikipedia

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    YP LLC. Yellowpages.com is a United States-based web site operated by Thryv that provides listings for local businesses. In 2013, it was re-branded as YP.com or simply "YP". It currently offers a broad range of marketing tools including online presence, local search, display ads and direct marketing. It was previously a wholly owned subsidiary ...

  4. Yard patrol boat - Wikipedia

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    Following the attack on Pearl Harbor the United States Navy leased California-based tuna boats for the duration of the war or "until victory". [1] On 16 February 1942, San Diego Port Director Commander W.J. Morcott called a meeting of tuna skippers and crews at the Naval Reserve Armory telling the men "The Navy needs men to man the [clippers] – experienced men, like yourselves.

  5. Network Information Service - Wikipedia

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    Network Information Service. The Network Information Service, or NIS (originally called Yellow Pages or YP), is a client–server directory service protocol for distributing system configuration data such as user and host names between computers on a computer network. Sun Microsystems developed the NIS; the technology is licensed to virtually ...

  6. Internet slang - Wikipedia

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    e. Internet slang (also called Internet shorthand, cyber-slang, netspeak, digispeak or chatspeak) is a non-standard or unofficial form of language used by people on the Internet to communicate to one another. [1] An example of Internet slang is "lol" meaning "laugh out loud." Since Internet slang is constantly changing, it is difficult to ...

  7. YP - Wikipedia

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    YP may refer to: YP (rapper), (born Pio Misa), Australian rapper and part of Australian drill and rap group Onefour. A US Navy hull classification symbol: Patrol craft (YP) Yellow Pages (computing), former name of the Network Information Service protocol. Yersinia pestis, a bacterium that causes plague and the "Black Death" epidemic.

  8. YP Holdings - Wikipedia

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    YP Holdings, now a wholly owned subsidiary of DexYP, is the American parent company for YP LLC. Its products include printed telephone directories , yp.com and YP app. YP offers local search, display ads and direct marketing.

  9. Chain letter - Wikipedia

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    Chain letter. A chain letter is a message that attempts to convince the recipient to make a number of copies and pass them on to a certain number of recipients. The "chain" is an exponentially growing pyramid (a tree graph) that cannot be sustained indefinitely. Common methods used in chain letters include emotionally manipulative stories, get ...