Baudot code

Proper noun

Meaning

Baudot code

An early character encoding used in telegraphy, representing each letter in the alphabet by five bits (binary digits).

Examples

A form of control characters were introduced in the 1870 Baudot code : NUL and DEL. Source: Internet

AT&T developed a competing network called " TWX " which initially also used rotary dialing and Baudot code, carried to the customer premises as pulses of DC on a metallic copper pair. Source: Internet

Following the start bit, the character is represented by a fixed number of bits, such as 5 bits in the Baudot code, each either a mark or a space to denote the specific character or machine function. Source: Internet

The Baudot code was used asynchronously with start and stop bits : the asynchronous code design was intimately linked with the start-stop electro-mechanical design of teleprinters. Source: Internet

The Baudot code was never used in teleprinters. Source: Internet

Then came the teleprinter (ca. 1910) with its punched-paper use of Baudot code on tape. Source: Internet

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