Glossary: 0..9 and symbols

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• 5ESS — 5th-release Electronic Switching System
• 127.0.0.1 — Also known as localhost this is a special network address (IP address) of the loopback network interface on the local host. It always directs traffic to the local machine. Also sometimes referred to as the computer's Home address.