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    Morse code is a method of communication using a series of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, numbers, and punctuation. [1] It was invented in the 1830s by Samuel Morse. [2] An international standard was later developed in 1851 to simplify and standardize the code across countries. [3] Morse code uses different combinations of short and long elements to represent letters, with "SOS" using three dots, three dashes and three dots to signal distress. While originally widely used, modern communication methods have replaced its general use, though some still use it today such as amateur radio operators and some military applications.

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    Morse code is a method of communication using a series of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, numbers, and punctuation. [1] It was invented in the 1830s by Samuel Morse. [2] An international standard was later developed in 1851 to simplify and standardize the code across countries. [3] Morse code uses different combinations of short and long elements to represent letters, with "SOS" using three dots, three dashes and three dots to signal distress. While originally widely used, modern communication methods have replaced its general use, though some still use it today such as amateur radio operators and some military applications.

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    The History of Morse Code

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    Morse code is a method of communication using a series of dots, dashes, and spaces to represent letters, numbers, and punctuation. [1] It was invented in the 1830s by Samuel Morse. [2] An international standard was later developed in 1851 to simplify and standardize the code across countries. [3] Morse code uses different combinations of short and long elements to represent letters, with "SOS" using three dots, three dashes and three dots to signal distress. While originally widely used, modern communication methods have replaced its general use, though some still use it today such as amateur radio operators and some military applications.

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    THE HISTORY OF MORSE


    CODE

    Group SOa19-
    17
    WHAT IS A MORSE CODE?

     arrangement of dots, dashes, and spaces


     transmitted as electrical pulses of varied lengths or
    analogous mechanical or visual signals, such as flashing
    lights
    SO, WHO MADE THIS?

     invented in the United States by American artist and inventor


    Samuel F.B. Morse during the 1830s
    2 MORSE CODES?

     The International Morse Code was


    devised by a conference of European
    nations in 1851
     The two systems are similar, but the
    International Morse Code is simpler
    and more precise:
     the original Morse Code used patterns
    of dots and spaces to represent a few
    of the letters BUT the International
    Morse uses combinations of dots and
    short dashes for all letters
    SO HOW DOES IT WORK?

     International Morse Code uses


    combinations of dots and short
    dashes for all letters.
     the universal distress signal
    “SOS” is communicated by three
    dots, three dashes, and three
    dots—three dots denoting the
    letter “S” and three dashes
    denoting the letter “O.”
    MORSE CODE GOES GLOBAL

     President Abraham Lincoln


    used morse code to keep
    abreast of battlefield
    developments
     as Morse code took hold in
    other countries, problems
    emerged. To address these,
    German telegraph inspector
    Friedrich Clemens Gerke
    simplified the system in
    1848
     + extra-long dashes and Gerke version of Morse Code
    revised many of the
    individual number and letter
    codes
    IS MORSE CODE STILL USED?

     The original “American” Morse Code invented by Samuel F.B.


    Morse is hardly in use today
     International Morse Code is still used by U.S. Navy
    intelligence specialists, amateur radio operator afficionados
    and aviators

    Students learn Morse code Navy using Morse code

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