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The Morse system of telegraphy was invented by Samuel Finley Breese Morse in the 1840s in the United states. "Morse Code" is essentially a simple way of representing the letters of the alphabet using patterns of long and short pulses. A unique pattern is assigned to each character of the alphabet, as well as to the ten numerals. These long and short pulses are translated back into the alphabetic characters by a skilled operator at the distant receiving instrument. History also tells us that Morse's partner Alfred Vail very likely assisted in the development of the code and the instruments used to transmit and receive it. In the following table the words in brackets represent the phonetic alphabet. This alphabet is used mainly for radio comunication to identify letters which can be confused due to bad signals.
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represents a dot and is commonly pronounced 'Dit'
represents a dash and is commonly pronounced 'Da'
(Alpha) 
(Bravo) 
(Delta) 
(Echo) 
(Foxtrot) 
(Golf) 
(Hotel) 
(India) 
(Juliet) 
(Kilo) 
(Lima) 
(November) 
(Oscar) 
(Papa) 
(Quebec) 
(Romeo) 
(Sierra) 
(Tango) 
(Uniform) 
(Victor) 
(Whiskey) 
(X-ray) 
(Yankee) 
(Zulu) 
(stop / .)
(comma / ,)
(query / ?)