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History of S.O.S
As we know, Moscode uses the set of dash and dot to represent the character. However, during the crisis, they don't have enough time to send the long code to say "Please help me" or "I am in a big trouble."
Therefore, the military ends up with the easiest Moscode signal set which is S.O.S. to represent the message "help" or "we are in trouble." S.O.S. can be understood by only Dash-Dot-Dash. This way they can send a help message much faster. Since then, S.O.S. is getting popular and used in other purposes. Flag = A piece of cloth used as a symbol, standard or signal of something Stand for = Represent Complicate = Become complex Telecommunication = Long distance communication
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