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'''Short codes''', also known '''short numbers''' or '''Common Short Codes''' (CSC) are special telephone numbers, significantly shorter than full telephone numbers, which can be used to address [[Short Message Service|SMS]] and [[Multimedia Messaging System|MMS]] messages from [[mobile telephone]]s. They are designed to be shorter to read out and easier to remember than a normal length [[telephone number]]. While similar to telephone numbers, they are, at the technological level, unique to each networkoperator, - howeveralthough providers generally have agreements to ensure they are allocatedavoid identicallyoverlaps.

Short codes are widely used for television [[voting]], ordering [[ringtone]]s, [[charity]] [[donation]]s and mobile services (such as [[Google]]'s SMS [[search]] service). Messages sent to short code numbers are generally billed at a higher rate than a standard SMS.

== Regional Differencesdifferences ==

=== [[Canada]] ===

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*[http://www.usshortcodeswhois.com/ US Common Short Code WHOIS Directory]

*[http://www.otair.com/index.cfm?action=shortCodes US Common Short Code Directory]

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