The directory is a compilation and contains an alphabetical listing of all participants of a telephone network divided into regions with its associated and clear telephone numbers. Unlisted numbers or telephone numbers are not contained, with those the customer of an entry contradicted or no publication in the printed media wish (publication on CD-ROM, in the Internet or over the information is nevertheless possible). Directories can be used by the often contained addresses also as directory.

The participants can be arranged according to places. To many directories there are the yellow sides, in which commercial participants are arranged according to industry.

The first directory (a list with 50 entries) appeared on 21 February 1878 in new Haven (Connecticut), the first directory of Germany (mentioned "book of the 99 fools") on 14 June 1881 in Berlin. The reason for the designation "99 fools": The first 99 German participants wrong, who were pleased on this "swindles from America", did the telephone to the man on the road. One month later, on 14 July the telephone exchange plant in Berlin under the title listing publishes during the telephone mechanism took part the first official phone book. It contained 187 entries, alphabetically sorted and divided in four columns with number, name or firm denomination, of the "designation of the conditions or line of business" as well as the address by "dwelling or business premises".

Because the books are usually spent by the directory publishing houses once per year, suffers today by the change of the offerer simple for the customer very strongly the topicality. For this reason many customers do without the traditional directory and change over on data bases on a CD-ROM or directly to Internet, since these listings are more current.

Assortment

The treatment of umlauts is noteworthy during the assortment of the names. It differs on the one hand from encyclopedias and on the other hand between different German-language countries, sees alphabetical assortment.

Literature

Ephraim Kishon persifliert in a Kurzgeschichte humans, who add nothing else had to learn as complete directories by heart and begin in competitions against each other.

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• kalenderblatt.de: First German directory

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