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Morse CodeInternational Morse CodeLettersA· –B– · · ·C– · – ·D– · ·E·F· · – ·G– – ·H· · · ·I· ·J· – – –K– · –L· – · ·M– –N– ·O– – –P· – – ·Q– – · –R· – ·S· · ·T–U· · –V· · · –W· – –X– · · –Y– ...
Code, in communications, set of symbols and rules for their manipulation by which the symbols can be made to carry information. By this extended definition all written and spoken languages are...
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791–1872, American inventor and artist, b. Charlestown, Mass., grad. Yale, 1810. He studied painting in England under Washington Allston and achieved some success...
SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). This combination was establishe...
Radio range, geographically fixed radio transmitter that radiates coded signals in all directions to enable aircraft and ships to determine their bearings. An aircraft or ship can determine it...
Telegraph, term originally applied to any device or system for distant communication by means of visible or audible signals, now commonly restricted to electrically operated devices. Attempts ...
Signaling, transmission of information by visible, audible, or other detectable means. Since prehistoric times humans have sought and employed ever more effective means of communicating over d...
Radio, transmission or reception of electromagnetic radiation in the radio frequency range. The term is commonly applied also to the equipment used, especially to the radio receiver. The prime...
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