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N° 62IANA · RFC 9110

HTTP Status Codes

Every response code the web can send — from 100 Continue to 511 Network Authentication Required — with plain-English meanings.

200301404418503
N° 250ISO 3166-1

Country Codes

All 250 ISO 3166-1 entries: alpha-2, alpha-3 and numeric codes, plus dialing codes, internet TLDs and capitals.

DEUSAJP+44.fr
N° 178ISO 4217

Currency Codes

Every active ISO 4217 currency: three-letter code, numeric code, minor units and the countries that use it.

EURUSDJPYCHF978
N° 183ISO 639-1

Language Codes

The two-letter codes behind every lang attribute, locale and translation file — all 183 ISO 639-1 languages.

endejaarsw
N° 1,172IATA · ICAO

Airport Codes

IATA and ICAO codes for the world's major international airports — the letters on your boarding pass and baggage tag.

FRAJFKLHRNRTDXB
N° 80IANA registry

Port Numbers

The well-known and notable TCP/UDP ports every developer and admin meets: SSH, DNS, HTTPS, databases, mail and more.

225344354328080
N° 86UTC offsets

Time Zone Abbreviations

CET, EST, IST, JST and the rest — the world's time-zone abbreviations with their UTC offsets and where they apply.

UTCCETESTISTJST
N° 36ICAO spelling alphabet

NATO Phonetic Alphabet

Alfa to Zulu, plus digits — the international radiotelephony spelling alphabet, with Morse code for good measure.

AlfaBravoZuluNiner
N° 104UN Convention 1968

Vehicle Registration Codes

The oval bumper stickers: D for Germany, CH for Switzerland, RA for Argentina — international vehicle registration codes.

DCHGBUSARA
N° 125GS1 · EAN/UPC

GS1 Barcode Prefixes

The first digits of every EAN barcode tell you which GS1 organization issued it — from 400–440 Germany to 978 for books.

400–440500–509690–699978
N° 96WCO Harmonized System

HS Customs Chapters

The 96 chapters of the Harmonized System — the classification behind every customs declaration and tariff line in world trade.

0961848587
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