Many think "SOS" stands for "save our souls" or "save our ship," but it actually doesn't stand for anything. SOS is a Morse Code distress signal. Morse Code is a system that uses dots, dashes and ...

Morse code, the language of the telegraph, is a system of communication that's composed of combinations of short and long tones that represent the letters of the alphabet. The tones are sometimes ...

SOS was one of the few acronyms I believed I knew coming into military life. I thought SOS meant “Save Our Ship,” or “Save ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. It’s often said that “SOS” – the distress signal put out by ...