The term most often used is "Lower 48," sometimes - more rarely - is Continental US (you may have seen the abbreviation CONUS). The two states you asked about are Alaska and Hawaii.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Boris Liberman > People often say "lower 48" or "low 48" > in regard to some of the United States. > What are the states that do not belong to low 48? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net