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[[File:International Morse Code.svg|thumb|upright=1.2|Chart of the Morse code 26&nbsp;letters and 10&nbsp;numerals<ref name=ITU-R-M-1677/>]]

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{{anchor|MorseKey}}[[File:Morsetaste.jpg|thumb|right|This Morse key was originally used by [[Gotthard railway#The Gotthard railway telegraph network|Gotthard railway]], later by a [[shortwave radio]] amateur<ref>Gotthard morse key used by shortwave radio amateur [https://www.qrz.com/db/HB9BFM HB9BFM]. Retrieved 25 September 2021.</ref>]]

'''Morse code''' is a [[telecommunications]] method which [[Character encoding|encodes]] [[Written language|text]] characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called ''dots'' and ''dashes'', or ''dits'' and ''dahs''.<ref name=Beechey-1876/><ref name=Camm-1941/> Morse code is named after [[Samuel Morse]], one of the early developers of the system adopted for [[electrical telegraph]]y.