"telegraph code" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: telegraph codes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} telegraph code (plural telegraph codes)
  1. A character encoding used to transmit information through telegraphy machines. Categories (topical): Telegraphy Translations (encoding): 電碼 (Chinese Mandarin), 电码 (diànmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 電報コード (denpō kōdo) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-telegraph_code-en-noun-bLW-htEm Disambiguation of Telegraphy: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of 'encoding': 92 8
  2. (historical) A mapping of arbitrary words to full sentences in a particular domain, to allow messages to be shortened and sent more cheaply by telegraph. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-telegraph_code-en-noun-ienO3sSW

Inflected forms

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