At present there are 22 generic suffixes such as .com and .org, and about 250 country codes including .uk and .de.

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When Dr Hooke asked the International Standards Organisation committee that assigns country codes about establishing codes for the moon and Mars, he was told that he would need to provide a letter from the relevant sovereign representative.

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The feature, available at www.fec.gov, shows circles proportional to candidates' fund raising amounts in various ZIP codes across the country.

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Japan may be better prepared for earthquakes and tsunamis than any other country, with stringent building codes and widespread use of advanced seismic dampening technology, as The New York Times describes, a population well-drilled on how to respond to disasters and a first-rate public health system.

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In the second world war he worked at Bletchley, a country house where clever people broke enemy codes.

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Dress codes have changed, the country is less conservative than before and business dealings have become a lot more professional.

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Transfer codes may contain 12 digits in the sending bank's country, but ten or 14 in the receiving bank's, leaving plenty of room for errors.

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Those ZIP codes bookend Forbes.com's annual list of the priciest areas in the country--neighborhoods where home costs soar far above the norm.

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