And examples of a suffix include ‘less’, ‘ing’ and ‘ish’. Prefixes and suffixes can change the meaning of a word, making it plural or changing its tense. For example, ‘Farmer Frank ...

from for example, legal to illegal or safe to unsafe. Prefixes like 'un' or 'pre' in front of a word, or suffixes at the end like 'ing', change the word's meaning.

The numbers contain no meaning beyond that. In the example above, 11360 is the CRN for this course and section. The four-letter Course Prefix indicates the department or program offering the course.