Morse code

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'''Morse code''' is a system for encoding letters and numbers as a sequence of "dots" and "dashes", consisting of short and long signals sent over some medium such as a telegraph wire or radio signal. It is named after telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse.
 
'''Morse code''' is a system for encoding letters and numbers as a sequence of "dots" and "dashes", consisting of short and long signals sent over some medium such as a telegraph wire or radio signal. It is named after telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse.
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==Latin alphabet==
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{| class='wikitable'
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! colspan=2 | ITU
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|-
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! Letter !! Code
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|-
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| A || • ━
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|-
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| B || ━ • • •
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|-
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| C || ━ • ━ •
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|-
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| D || ━ • •
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|-
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| E || •
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|-
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| F || • • ━ •
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|-
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| G || ━ ━ •
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|-
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| H || • • • •
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|-
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| I || • •
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|-
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| J || • ━ ━ ━
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|-
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| K || ━ • ━
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|-
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| L || • ━ • •
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|-
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| M || ━ ━
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|-
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| N || ━ •
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|-
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| O || ━ ━ ━
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|-
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| P || • ━ ━ •
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|-
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| Q || ━ ━ • ━
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|-
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| R || • ━ •
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|-
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| S || • • •
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|-
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| T || ━
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|-
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| U || • • ━
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|-
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| V || • • • ━
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|-
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| W || • ━ ━
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|-
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| X || ━ • • ━
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|-
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| Y || ━ • ━ ━
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|-
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| Z || ━ ━ • •
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|}
  
 
== Resources ==
 
== Resources ==
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* [http://www.fists.org/ International Morse Code Preservation Society]
 
* [http://www.fists.org/ International Morse Code Preservation Society]
 
* [http://www.morsecode.nl/ The Ultimate Morse Code Website]
 
* [http://www.morsecode.nl/ The Ultimate Morse Code Website]
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* [http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/06/morse-code-trumps-sms-in-head-to-head-speed-texting-combat/ Morse code trumps SMS in head-to-head speed texting combat]

Revision as of 10:39, 10 June 2015

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Name Morse code
Ontology
Released 1836

Morse code is a system for encoding letters and numbers as a sequence of "dots" and "dashes", consisting of short and long signals sent over some medium such as a telegraph wire or radio signal. It is named after telegraph pioneer Samuel Morse.

Latin alphabet

ITU
Letter Code
A • ━
B ━ • • •
C ━ • ━ •
D ━ • •
E •
F • • ━ •
G ━ ━ •
H • • • •
I • •
J • ━ ━ ━
K ━ • ━
L • ━ • •
M ━ ━
N ━ •
O ━ ━ ━
P • ━ ━ •
Q ━ ━ • ━
R • ━ •
S • • •
T ━
U • • ━
V • • • ━
W • ━ ━
X ━ • • ━
Y ━ • ━ ━
Z ━ ━ • •

Resources

National Archives and Records Administration: INTERNATIONAL MORSE CODE, HAND SENDING, from the Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). ARC Identifier 36813 / Local Identifier 111-TF-3697. PRINCIPLES AND BASIC TECHNIQUE FOR GOOD, RHYTHMIC SENDING 0F MORSE CODE BY OPERATING THE HAND KEY.

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