24 hours a day, seven days a week. Essentially always. Originally a reference to the perpetual card games on the fantail of a troop ship.
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24 hours a day, seven days a week. Essentially always. Originally a reference to the perpetual card games on the fantail of a troop ship.
24/7 is an abbreviation which stands for "24 hours a day, 7 days a week", usually
referring to the availability of a service.[1]
In commerce and industry, it identifies a service that
will be present regardless of current time or day, as might be offered by a supermarket,
convenience store, ATM,
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
phone call charges, which allow, for example, employees based in India to provide services to
customers in the
In some cases, even a service available 24/7 may shut down, such as on a major holiday. The extended phrase 24/7/365 ("... 365 days a year") specifically denotes a service that is available year-round, such as police, firefighters, and emergency medical services.
There have been some criticisms of the proliferation of the abbreviation in the internet age, with companies claiming to be available 24/7, when actually only their websites, unattended by any staff, are in operation.[2]
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