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'''Morse Code''' was invented by [[Samuel Morse]] in the 1840s. It looks like a bunch of dashes and dots, but in fact it is a [[language]] with its own way of expressing [[word]]s and [[punctuation]].
 
'''Morse Code''' was invented by [[Samuel Morse]] in the 1840s. It looks like a bunch of dashes and dots, but in fact it is a [[language]] with its own way of expressing [[word]]s and [[punctuation]].
  
The most famous Morse Code is "SOS", ---...---, which actually does not mean anything, but was simply taken as the easiest code to remember in an emergency. People have taken it to mean many things, such as Save Our Souls, Save Our Ship, Save Ourselves, etc.  
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The most famous Morse Code is "SOS", ---...---, which means "Save Our Ship". It was first used in the sinking of the [[Titanic]] in 1912.
  
 
See also: [[Braille]], [[CB radio]]
 
See also: [[Braille]], [[CB radio]]
  
 
[[Category:Codes]]
 
[[Category:Codes]]

Revision as of 06:00, March 22, 2007

Morse Code was invented by Samuel Morse in the 1840s. It looks like a bunch of dashes and dots, but in fact it is a language with its own way of expressing words and punctuation.

The most famous Morse Code is "SOS", ---...---, which means "Save Our Ship". It was first used in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.

See also: Braille, CB radio