# 999

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**999** or **triple nine** most often refers to:

- [999 (emergency telephone number)](/source/999_(emergency_telephone_number)), a telephone number for the emergency services in several countries
- [999 (number)](/source/999_(number)), an integer
- [AD 999](/source/AD_999), a year
- [999 BC](/source/999_BC), a year

## Media

### Books

- [*999* (anthology)](/source/999_(anthology)) or *999: Twenty-nine Original Tales of Horror and Suspense*, a 1999 anthology of short stories
- *[Galaxy Express 999](/source/Galaxy_Express_999)*, a manga and anime created by Leiji Matsumoto

### Film and television

- *[Triple 9](/source/Triple_9)*, a 2016 heist-thriller film
- [*999* (British TV series)](/source/999_(British_TV_series)), a British programme presented by Michael Buerk that aired on the BBC
- [*999* (Malaysian TV series)](/source/999_(Malaysian_TV_series)), a 2004 Malaysian crime reality television series
- *[999: What's Your Emergency?](/source/999:_What's_Your_Emergency%3F)*, a 2012 British factual programme following the emergency service
- [*Triple Nine* (TV series)](/source/Triple_Nine_(TV_series)), a Singaporean television series running from 1995 to 1999

### Music

- [999 (band)](/source/999_(band)), a London punk rock band active since the 1970s
- [*999* (album)](/source/999_(album)), a self-titled album by the band 999
- [*999* (EP)](/source/999_(EP)), an EP by Olamide
- [*999* (MC Lars album)](/source/999_(MC_Lars_album)), an album by MC Lars
- [999 (Selena Gomez and Camilo song)](/source/999_(Selena_Gomez_and_Camilo_song))
- ["999" (Kent song)](/source/999_(Kent_song))
- "999", a song from Keith Richards' album *[Main Offender](/source/Main_Offender)* (1992)
- 999, a number often used by [Juice WRLD](/source/Juice_WRLD)

### Video games

- *[999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors](/source/999:_Nine_Hours,_Nine_Persons,_Nine_Doors)*, a 2009 video game developed by Chunsoft

## Transportation

- [Ducati 999](/source/Ducati_999), an Italian motorcycle
- [New York Central and Hudson River Railroad No. 999](/source/New_York_Central_and_Hudson_River_Railroad_No._999), the first steam locomotive in the United States to operate at faster than 100 mph
- [Ford 999](/source/Ford_999), a pioneering 1902 racer named for the locomotive

## Other uses

- [999 Zachia](/source/999_Zachia), an asteroid
- [9–9–9 Plan](/source/9%E2%80%939%E2%80%939_Plan), a tax plan proposed by 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain
- [999 phone charging myth](/source/999_phone_charging_myth), an urban myth that calling the emergency services charges mobile phones
- [Nine (purity)](/source/Nine_(purity)), an informal way of ranking purity; "three nines" would be 99.9% pure
- "Three nines" as a level of [high availability](/source/High_availability) (99.9%)
- [Triple Nine Society](/source/Triple_Nine_Society), a society for people with IQs in the 99.9th percentile

## See also

- [0.999...](/source/0.999...) for proofs that 0.999... is equal to 1

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