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  2. Public Protection Classification Program - Wikipedia

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    The Schedule then assigns a PPC score between 1 and 10 to the department, with Class 1 representing "superior property fire protection" and Class 10 indicating that an area doesn't meet the minimum criteria set by the ISO. On July 1, 2013, the revised FSRS was released, adding an emphasis on a community's effort to limit loss before an incident ...

  3. Telephone directory - Wikipedia

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    Subscriber names are generally listed in alphabetical order, together with their postal or street address and telephone number.In principle every subscriber in the geographical coverage area is listed, but subscribers may request the exclusion of their number from the directory, often for a fee; their number is then said to be "unlisted" (US and Canada), "ex-directory" (British English), or ...

  4. Varnish (software) - Wikipedia

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    Varnish is a reverse caching proxy [2] used as HTTP accelerator for content-heavy dynamic web sites as well as APIs.In contrast to other web accelerators, such as Squid, which began life as a client-side cache, or Apache and nginx, which are primarily origin servers, Varnish was designed as an HTTP accelerator.

  5. ZIP Code - Wikipedia

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    Each ZIP Code has one or more "postal city" names assigned to it. Since ZIP Code boundaries are based on the areas served by each physical post office, they often do not coincide with the boundaries of local government units. For example, suburban and unincorporated areas may share a postal city name with a neighboring municipality, even if no ...

  6. API - Wikipedia

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    An API opens a software system to interactions from the outside. It allows two software systems to communicate across a boundary — an interface — using mutually agreed-upon signals. [3] In other words, an API connects software entities together. Unlike a user interface, an API is typically not visible to users. It is an "under the hood ...

  7. WHOIS - Wikipedia

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    WHOIS client and server software is distributed as free open-source software and binary distributions are included with all Unix-like systems. Various commercial Unix implementations may use a proprietary implementation (for example, Solaris 7). A WHOIS command line client passes a phrase given as an argument directly to the WHOIS server.

  8. Gracenote - Wikipedia

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    It provides software and metadata to businesses which enables their customers to manage and search digital media. Gracenote provides its media management technology and global media database of digital entertainment information to the mobile , automobile, portable , home, and PC markets.

  9. ZIP Code Tabulation Area - Wikipedia

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    ZCTAs are not developed for ZIP codes that comprise only a small number of addresses. [3] Several ZCTAs represent ZIPs that no longer exist due to realignment by the USPS. There are approximately 42,000 ZIP Codes and 32,000 ZCTAs. The reason that there is not one ZCTA for every ZIP Code is that only populated areas are included in the Census ...