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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What famous code was designed by a man named Samuel Morse?
A
ala mode code
B
horse code
C
morse code
D
code
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Samuel F.B. Morse developed an electric telegraph (1832–35) and then invented, with his friend Alfred Vail, the Morse Code (1838).

Detailed explanation-2: -In addition to helping invent the telegraph, the Morse code assigned a set of dots and dashes to each letter of the English alphabet and allowed for the simple transmission of complex messages across telegraph lines.

Detailed explanation-3: -Morse code is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs. Morse code is named after Samuel Morse, one of the inventors of the telegraph.

Detailed explanation-4: -The code was converted into electrical impulses and sent over telegraph wires. In 1844, Morse demonstrated the telegraph to the US Congress using the now famous message, “What hath God wrought” – a quotation from the Bible.

Detailed explanation-5: -Morse code was invented by an American called Samuel Finley Breese Morse, (1791-1872). He was not only an inventor but also a famous painter.

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