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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 operator, although providers generally have agreements to avoid overlaps.

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

== Regional differences ==