The first widely used character code was the Morse Code, developed in 1838 by Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872). This two-symbol, dot-and-dash code is capable of representing the characters of the alphabet by varying the number of symbols between...

Morse code is a series of dots and dashes that represent letters of the alphabet and numerals, used in transmitting telegraph messages. It is named for Samuel Morse, who invented the code. Morse, an American portrait painter, began designing an...

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Morse code is a method for transmitting telegraphic information, using standardized sequences of short and long elements to represent the letters, numerals, punctuation and special characters of a message. The short and long elements can be formed by...

The Associated Press and the Dutch news agency Novum announced a strategic news partnership in the Netherlands on Monday.Under the terms of the deal, Novum will acquire the AP's Dutch news service and its staff, continuing to translate AP's international report for Dutch newspapers, Web...

Seymour Cray wanted to talk to his sister. But it was already after bedtime, and the young Crays were supposed to stay in their beds. Young Seymour had a strategy: If he could figure out how to rig a communication system between his room and...

An elevator ride became a turning point 14 the life of inventor Granville Woods, a peer of visionaries Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse and Alexander Graham Bell.Elevators needed operators to control which floors to stop at. To call the elevator, passengers would ring a bell, and...

It's the coldest of cold cases, and yet it keeps warming to life. Seventy years after Amelia Earhart disappeared, clues are still turning up. Long-dismissed notes taken of a shortwave distress call beginning, "This is Amelia Earhart...," are getting another look.The previously unknown diary of...