address book
noun
1
: a small book in which one writes the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of people one knows
2
: a place on a computer or other device for storing email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
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Employees Only With a late license and a reputation for song and dance, this is a useful name to have in the address book.
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Paul Caputo, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
In fact, the early Internet was so small that one man, the computer scientist Jon Postel, essentially ran the address book from his office in Los Angeles.
—Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
The phone numbers likely contained a trove of cartel connections, but the address book didn’t list any names, just nicknames.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Destinations The Russian-Italian watch and jewelry maven Francesca Amfitheatrof shares her address book for the archipelago west of Naples.
—Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2024
Virtually no Zoomer user printed from the device, and of all the applications the device included, only the date book, address book, and memo pad were widely used.
—Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
All demographics participate, though the elders sustain similar impulses on Facebook, now Meta, now metabolized by millennials and Gen Z into an antique or filial address book, a distant dystopia.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
First, by default, your phone number will no longer be visible in your Signal profile unless someone already has the number saved in their phone's address book.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2024
The other bill, sponsored by Sen. Geoff Schroeder, R-Mountain Home, would have required libraries to implement policies to address book challenges.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2024
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Paul Caputo, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
In fact, the early Internet was so small that one man, the computer scientist Jon Postel, essentially ran the address book from his office in Los Angeles.
—Kal Raustiala, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2017
The phone numbers likely contained a trove of cartel connections, but the address book didn’t list any names, just nicknames.
—Rick Jervis, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2024
Destinations The Russian-Italian watch and jewelry maven Francesca Amfitheatrof shares her address book for the archipelago west of Naples.
—Charlotte Davey, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2024
Virtually no Zoomer user printed from the device, and of all the applications the device included, only the date book, address book, and memo pad were widely used.
—Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2024
All demographics participate, though the elders sustain similar impulses on Facebook, now Meta, now metabolized by millennials and Gen Z into an antique or filial address book, a distant dystopia.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
First, by default, your phone number will no longer be visible in your Signal profile unless someone already has the number saved in their phone's address book.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2024
The other bill, sponsored by Sen. Geoff Schroeder, R-Mountain Home, would have required libraries to implement policies to address book challenges.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Address book.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/address%20book. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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