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Who developed a code made of dots and dashes to transmit telegraphs?
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Samuel Morse, an American inventor, developed a system for sending coded messages instantly along electrical wires.
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Who invented a code for dots and dashes?
Samuel Morse developed Morse code for transmitting data using a series of dots and dashes.
What did samuel morse's telegraph use to transmit messages?
The first electrical telegraphs used Morse Code, sent as long and short electrical impulses along wires.
Why does Morse code use dots and dashes?
Actually Morse's original code used dots, dashes, long dashes, and very long dashes. It also used 5 different lengths of gaps. This was greatly simplified by the adoption of the International Morse Code (largely developed in Germany then modified a bit by international agreements) to just dots and dashes. The number of different length gaps was also reduced to only 3.
Inventor of the code consisting of a series of dots and dashes?
Morse code was developed in the early 1830s, by Samuel F. B. Morse and Alfred VailWho_invented_Morse_Code
Morse was invented in the 1830s?
Samuel Morse was the inventor of the Morse Code, for telegraphs.
When was a telegraph invented?
Earlier long distance telegraphy was used from 1792 through semaphore lines or optical telegraphs. However electrical telegraphs were commercially introduced in 1837. Samuel Morse developed the Morse code which was the basic language of telegraphy.
You use dots and dashes in code?
you use dots and dashes in the Morse code
What are Morse clicks called?
Morse clicks, called Morse code, are dots and dashes. Dots are the short clicks, while dashes are longer. Morse clicks, called Morse code, are dots and dashes. Dots are the short clicks, while dashes are longer.
What is the code using dots and dashes called?
Morse Code
What is the system of dots and dashes?
Morse code
How has a Morse code changed in its looks?
Morse's original code used dots, dashes, long dashes, very long dashes, and 5 different gap lengths. The International Morse Code that replaced it simplified this to just dots, dashes and 3 different gap lengths. Electromechanical and Electronic "automatic" keys that timed the dots, dashes, and gaps for the operator were eventually introduced, significantly reducing operator workload and increasing sending code speed while reducing the frequency of sending errors.
What instrument was used to send messages in Morse code?
Not generally. Morse code is used very little these days, except by the military and the Boy Scouts, or in some kind of emergency where no other form of communication is available. When Morse code was more prevalent, the device used to transmit the "dots and dashes" was known as a telegraph. A very simple electrical switch that tapped the current on and off to transmit via overland wires, and later, by radio.
