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24/7 is an abbreviation which stands for "24 hours a day, 7 days a week", usually referring to a production line or service facility or any other business available at all times without interruption. In the UK it may be known as round-the-clock service, with or without the hyphens. In some countries, such services are called nonstop.
In commerce and industry it sometimes identifies a service that will be present regardless of current time or day, as might be offered by a supermarket, convenience store, ATM, automated online assistant, filling station, restaurant, concierge services or a manned computer data facility. Today, it is common for call centers to have representatives available 24/7. This is due to, in part, a decrease in long distance call charges, which allow employees based in one continent and time zone to provide services to customers in another during its night hours.
In some cases, even a service stated to be available 24/7 may shut down, such as on a major holiday.
An extended version 24/7/365 intends to denote a service that is available year-round, by including the number of days per year.
Time is a common term for the experience of duration and a fundamental quantity of measuring systems. Time may also refer to:
Donald John Trump, Sr. (born June 14, 1946) is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have made him a well-known celebrity who was No. 17 on the 2011 Forbes Celebrity 100 list. He is well-known as a real-estate developer who amassed vast hotel, casino, and other real-estate properties, in the New York City area and around the world.
Trump is the son of Fred Trump, a wealthy New York City real-estate developer. He worked for his father's firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son, while attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1968 officially joined the company. He was given control of the company in 1971 and renamed it The Trump Organization.
In 2010, Trump expressed an interest in becoming a candidate for President of the United States in the 2012 election. In May 2011, he announced he would not be a candidate, but a few weeks later he said he had not completely ruled out the possibility. In December 2011, Trump was suggested as a possible Vice Presidential selection by Michele Bachmann. Bachmann has since suspended her presidential campaign.