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Record 1 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Telegraphy
  • Telegraph Codes
DEF

A system of dots, dashes, and spaces, or the corresponding sounds or visual signals, used in telegraphy and signaling to represent the letters of the alphabet, numerals, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Télégraphie
  • Codes télégraphiques
DEF

Code télégraphique formé de points et de traits égaux à trois fois la durée du point.

CONT

En 1895 [Guglielmo Marconi] réalisa de premières transmissions au moyen des ondes hertziennes en les manipulant selon les points et les traits de l'alphabet Morse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Telegrafía
  • Códigos telegráficos
DEF

Sistema telegráfico de señales en que cada letra, número o signo de puntuación corresponde a una combinación determinada de rayas, puntos o espacios, de sonidos largos, breves o de luces instantáneas o prolongadas.

CONT

Samuel Findlay Breese Morse perfeccionó en [1844] su código Morse para telegrafía ...

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