What does "SOS" actually stand for?

What does "SOS" actually stand for? Discover the true history behind the universal distress signal, the myths surrounding it, ...
AOL

What SOS Stands For and Where It Came From

Technically “SOS,” doesn’t officially stand for any of these phrases. It’s the international abbreviation for distress—not to be confused with an acronym (see acronym vs. abbreviation for the ...
Newsweek

Morse Code Is 175 Years Old and Still as Useful as Ever

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The first message sent by Morse code's dots and dashes across a long ...
The Conversation

Simply elegant, Morse code marks 175 years and counting

The first message sent by Morse code’s dots and dashes across a long distance traveled from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore on Friday, May 24, 1844 – 175 years ago. It signaled the first time in human ...
New Scientist

Morse code

Morse code is a communication system developed by Samuel Morse, an American inventor, in the late 1830s. The code uses a combination of short and long pulses – dots and dashes, respectively – that ...