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Common Encodings in Communications

Telephone Dialing Encoding

Digits 1-9 use 1-9 pulses respectively, while 0 uses 10 pulses.

Morse Code

See Morse Code - Wikipedia. The correspondence table is as follows:

Morse Code

Characteristics

  • Contains only . and -;
  • Maximum of 6 characters;
  • Can also be represented using 01 strings.

Tools

Challenges

  • JarvisOJ - Basec - "-.- String"

Tap Code

Tap code is a method of encoding text messages in a very simple way. Named for the way information is encoded through a series of tapping sounds, Tap code is based on a 5×5 Polybius square, with the difference that the letter K is merged into C.

Tap Code 1 2 3 4 5
1 A B C/K D E
2 F G H I J
3 L M N O P
4 Q R S T U
5 V W X Y Z

Manchester Encoding

Gray Code