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What is Morse code?
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Quick Answer
Morse code represents letters and numbers with patterns of short and long signals, called dots and dashes.
The Full Story
Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail developed the code for the electric telegraph in the 1830s and 1840s. Morse sent the famous message “What hath God wrought” from Washington to Baltimore in 1844. Common letters got the shortest codes: E is a single dot and T a single dash. The international distress signal SOS, three dots, three dashes, three dots, was chosen because it is easy to send and recognise. Morse code can be sent by sound, light or taps, and it is still used by amateur radio operators and in aviation navigation beacons.
Key Facts
1.Developed by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
2.First long-distance message sent in 1844
3.SOS is ··· ——— ···
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