888 commonly refers to:
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888 (number), an integer
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888 BC
This article concerns the period 889 BC – 880 BC.
Events and trends
* 887 BC— Soshenq II succeeds Osorkon I as king of Egypt.
*885 BC—Takelot I succeeds Soshenq II as king of Egypt.
*885 BC— King Yi of Zhou, son of King Yih, is restored t ...
, a year of the 9th century BC
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AD 888, a year of the Julian calendar
888 or triple eight may also refer to:
Telecommunication
* 888 is prefix/area code for
toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering Plan
* 888 is the number used to dial up
teletext, subtitles on some programmes shown on European television channels
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Qualcomm Snapdragon
Snapdragon is a suite of system on a chip (SoC) semiconductor products for mobile devices designed and marketed by Qualcomm Technologies Inc. The Snapdragon's central processing unit (CPU) uses the ARM architecture. A single SoC may include mu ...
888, a chip system for mobile devices
Gambling
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888casino, an online casino
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888 Holdings, an online gambling company, trading as "888.com"
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888poker, an online poker room
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888sport, an online bookmaker
Art and entertainment
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888chan
An imageboard is a type of Internet forum that focuses on the posting of images, often alongside text and discussion. The first imageboards were created in Japan as an extension of the textboard concept. These sites later inspired the creation of ...
, an image board
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''888'' (manga), by Noriko Kuwata
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Triple 8
Triple 8 (a.k.a. 888) were a five-piece then four-piece British boy band, who were signed to Polydor Records and Osmosis Records. The group were promoted as the British equivalent of NSYNC, and rivals to manufactured boy bands such as Westlif ...
, a British boy band
* ''888'', a song by
Cavetown
Other uses
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Ducati 888
The Ducati 888 was a motorcycle manufactured by Ducati as an upgrade to the Ducati 851. The earlier 851 had introduced liquid cooling, computerized fuel injection and four-valve heads to the company's two cylinder motors. In 1991 Ducati increase ...
, a motorcycle
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Route 888 (Israel), a road in Israel
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Triple Eight Race Engineering, an Australian motor racing team, related to the British team
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Triple Eight Racing, an English motor racing team
* 8/8/8 is a nickname for the
2008 South Ossetia War
The 2008 Russo-Georgian WarThe war is known by a variety of other names, including Five-Day War, August War and Russian invasion of Georgia. was a war between Georgia, on one side, and Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of Sou ...
that broke out on August 8, 2008
* 888 is a contraction of the labour movement's slogan for the
Eight-hour day
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4-hole extension of the ISO 838 standard of filing holes punched in paper is sometimes called "888"
See also
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8888 (disambiguation) 8888 may refer to:
*8888 (Philippines), a national public service hotline
*8888 Keystone Crossing, one of the tallest buildings in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
*8888 Uprising, a nationwide protest in Myanmar in August 1988
*'' 88:88'', a 2015 Canadi ...
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