Because the numbering system that has underpinned the Internet for more than 30 years is about to run out.

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The numbering system is also understood, making it possible to see that much of this information is about accounts of the ownership and yields from land and people.

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In manufacturing, there is not always a universal naming and numbering system and so part sourcing on the web can often be like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. 3D search transforms this experience.

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And two officers have been tasked specifically to deal with phone mast applications and a new numbering and coding system has been introduced.

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The foundation of our system is built on top of a numbering scheme that was created in the 1930s for an entirely different purpose.

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