If the number cleared, a dispatcher called it back and asked for a code--sometimes a word (like "cartoon") or the code name of a courier.

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Most undertake not just to lower bills, but to dispense with whole tomes of the 3.4m-word code.

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As we'd figured out last night, Symbian's big reveal for today was the completion of its move to a fully open, royalty-free platform -- meaning you no longer need to be a paid-in-full member of the Foundation to see all the code -- and they're ready to talk about it and spread the word far and wide.

ENGADGET: Symbian Foundation talks about its move to open source

In 1998, India's nuclear tests were code-named "Operation Shakti, " the Sanskrit word for strength.

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And Microsoft used its Windows monopoly to help its applications division--the programmers who write software like Microsoft Word--by giving them preferred access to the complex Windows source code.

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Each EP - which also comes with a free download code - will have four tracks, where one must be an instrumental and another should contain spoken word.

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Corporate investigators have programs that can sift through e-mail and other electronic documents looking for distinctive word patterns, even when employees try to speak in code.

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