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  2. SOS - Wikipedia

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    SOS is a Morse code distress signal ( ), used internationally, originally established for maritime use.In formal notation SOS is written with an overscore line (SOS), to indicate that the Morse code equivalents for the individual letters of "SOS" are transmitted as an unbroken sequence of three dots / three dashes / three dots, with no spaces between the letters. [1]

  3. What SOS Stands For and Where It Came From - AOL

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    Translated to Morse code, SOS looks like this: “. . . – – – . . .” Three dots, three dashes, three dots. At a time when international ships increasingly filled the seas, and Morse code ...

  4. What Does 'SOS' Mean? Surprisingly, It's Likely Not What You ...

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    SOS is just that—SOS. It was derived from Morse code and recognized as an international standard signaling danger, or the need for aid. Using wireless telegraphy, it would sound like three-dits ...

  5. Prosigns for Morse code - Wikipedia

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    The procedure signs below are compiled from the official specification for Morse Code, ITU-R M.1677, International Morse Code, [1] while others are defined the International Radio Regulations for Mobile Maritime Service, including ITU-R M.1170, [8] ITU-R M.1172, [4] and the Maritime International Code of Signals, [5] with a few details of their ...

  6. International Code of Signals - Wikipedia

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    One simply raises the Kilo flag (see diagram at the top), or sends the Morse Code equivalent (dash-dot-dash) by flashing light; this has the assigned message of "I wish to communicate with you." One practical application of the ICS is that all of the standardized messages come in nine languages (English, French, Italian, German, Japanese ...

  7. We now know what SOS really stands for - AOL

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    The three-letter phrase is best known for its appearances in desert island cartoons, maritime movies, and earworms by ABBA and Rihanna.

  8. Morse code - Wikipedia

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    Chart of the Morse code 26 letters and 10 numerals [1]. This Morse key was originally used by Gotthard railway, later by a shortwave radio amateur [2]. Morse code is a telecommunications method which encodes text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs.

  9. Morse code abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Morse code abbreviations are not the same as prosigns.Morse abbreviations are composed of (normal) textual alpha-numeric character symbols with normal Morse code inter-character spacing; the character symbols in abbreviations, unlike the delineated character groups representing Morse code prosigns, are not "run together" or concatenated in the way most prosigns are formed.