"all-figure number" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: all-figure numbers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} all-figure number (plural all-figure numbers)
  1. (UK, telecommunications, historical) A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Telecommunications Synonyms: AFN [initialism]

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