Company ID number

English translation: check digit

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Hebrew term or phrase:Company ID number
English translation:check digit
Entered by: Sue Goldian

05:51 Feb 11, 2004
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
Hebrew term or phrase: Company ID number
In a company ID number I have two abbreviations and I need to find out what they stand for.

The number is divided into 3 sections and looks like this:

"samech,bet" Ordinal number "Zayin"
5 000000 23

what do "samech,bet" and "zayin" stand for?

Many thanks,
Suzan
Suzan Chin
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Local time: 21:56
samekh bet is check digit
Explanation:
samekh bet stands for sifrat biqoret, which is usually translated as check digit. I've seen control digit but it sounds like Heblish to me.

No idea about the other one.
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Sue Goldian
Local time: 04:56
Grading comment
Thank you, Sue. :-)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1samekh bet is check digit
Sue Goldian
5Samekh - 60, Bet - 2; Samekh-Bet - 62; Zayin - 7
Alex Zelkind (X)
4 -1control number
judithyf


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Samekh - 60, Bet - 2; Samekh-Bet - 62; Zayin - 7


Explanation:
If you are asking for their numerical significance

Alex Zelkind (X)
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
samekh bet is check digit


Explanation:
samekh bet stands for sifrat biqoret, which is usually translated as check digit. I've seen control digit but it sounds like Heblish to me.

No idea about the other one.

Sue Goldian
Local time: 04:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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Thank you, Sue. :-)

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agree  Eynat
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
control number


Explanation:
samekh bet stands for sifrat bikoret

Zayin might just be the equivalent of the letter G as part of the number.

judithyf
Local time: 04:56
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Eynat: Sifra= digit, not number, and it's check digit in English.
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