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The original 091 area code was introduced in 1982 and phased in over a period of approximately five years. It was the newest two-figure STD code since the STD system was introduced into the UK, prior to London being split into two STD codes (071 and 081). It was later changed to 0191 as a part of PhONEday.
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- 0191
- +44 191
- 16 April 1995
(0191) xxx xxxx 091-xxx xxxx This was done with a view to reorganising the numbering plan at a later date, so that the first and second digits would indicate the type of service called:
- Emergency services, (police, fire, ambulance, coastguard, mountain rescue, cave rescue)
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List of dialling codes. Short codes. 02x [eight-digit local number] 011x [seven-digit local number] 01x1 [seven-digit local number] 020 to 029. 0113 to 0118. 0121 to 0191. 020.
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MS DOS
On IBM PC compatible personal computers from the 1980s, the BIOS allowed the user to hold down the Alt key and type a decimal number on the keypad. It would place the corresponding code into the keyboard buffer so that it would look (almost) as if the code had been entered by a single keystroke. Applications reading keystrokes from the BIOS would behave according to what action they associate with that code. Some would interpret the code as a command, but often it would be interpreted as an 8...
Windows
The Alt codes had become so well known and memorized by users that Microsoft decided to preserve them, even though it used a new and different set of code pages for Windows, such as CP1252. The old code pages were called OEM code pages; the new ones are called Windows code pages,[a] The familiar Alt+number combinations produced codes from the OEM code page (for example, CP437 in the United States), matching the results from MS-DOS. But prefixing a leading zero (0) to the number (usually meani...
If Num lock is disabled, attempting an Alt code may cause unexpected results in some applications, due to the controls used on the same key. For example, Alt+4 can be taken as Alt+←, causing a web browser to go back one page. Many laptops do not have a separate numeric keypad, but some may provide numpad input by holding a modifier key (typically l...
The 0191 area code is a 3 digit geographical dialling code (excluding the zero) used in telecommunications for the Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Sunderland area. The local telephone numbers within the 0191 are 7 digits long.
The 0191 phone code area covers the Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Sunderland area. Phone numbers using this code are in the form of (0191) 111 1111. International callers should call +44 191 xxx xxxx. The centre of the phone code area has a latitude of 54.898574 and longitude of -1.573835.
0191 area code Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham. The 0191 area code is for Durham, Gateshead, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland, and the surrounding areas. Locations using 0191 numbers include: Benton; Birtley; Blaydon; Boldon; Chester-le-Street; Coxhoe; Denton Burn; Dudley; Dunston; Durham; Easington; East Herrington; Felling; Fencehouses ...
