110 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

110 is also:

• The year AD 110 or 110 BC
• A common name for mains electricity in North America, despite the nominal voltage actually being 120V (range 110–120). Normally spoken as "one-ten".
• 1-1-0, the emergency telephone number used to reach police services in Iran, Germany, Estonia, China and Japan. Also used to reach the fire and rescue services in Norway and Turkey.
• The age a person must attain in order to be considered a supercentenarian.
• A card game related to Forty-five (card game).
• A percentage in the expression "To give 110%", meaning to give a little more effort than one's maximum effort
• The number of stories of each of the towers of the former World Trade Center in New York.
• The number of stories (by common reckoning) of the Sears Tower in Chicago.
• The TCP port used for POP3 email protocol
• A 110 block is a type of punch block used to connect sets of wires in a structured cabling system.
• The abjad (ابجد) translation of word "علی" (Ali) in Arabic and Persian.
• It is also known as "eleventy", a term made famous by linguist and author J. R. R. Tolkien (Bilbo Baggins celebrates his eleventy-first birthday at the beginning of The Lord of the Rings) and derived from the Old English hund endleofantig. When the word eleventy is used, it may indicate the exact number (110), or more commonly an indefinite large number such as gazillion.