what does SOS stand for I know its used as an emergency code but what do the letters mean?
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It might be short for "save our ship" or it might not be.  It could also be that the Morse Code characters for SOS are "... --- ..." which is very easy to send on a key and ery distinctive to hear.
510209
^00^ is correct.  SOS, or Save Our Ship, is the old Morse code signal.  We pilots favor Mayday, repeated three times, then details.  Other than form, there is no difference.  It's just some poor soul in trouble and letting the world know it.
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SOS is the commonly used description for the International Morse code distress signal (· · · - - - · · ·). This distress signal was first adopted by the German government in radio regulations effective April 1, 1905, and became the worldwide standard when it was included in the second International Radiotelegraphic Convention, which was signed on November 3, 1906, and became effective on July 1, 1908.\n\nFrom the beginning, the SOS distress signal has actually consisted of a continuous sequence of three-dots/three-dashes/three-dots, all run together without letter spacing. In International Morse Code, three dots form the letter S, and three dashes make the letter O, so "SOS" became an easy way to remember the correct order of the dots and dashes. In modern terminology, SOS is a "procedural signal" or "prosign", and the formal way to show that there are no internal spaces when it is sent is to write it with a bar above the letters, i.e. SOS.\n\nIn popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Ship," "Save Our Souls," "Survivors On Ship," "Save Our Sailors" "Stop Other Signals" and "Send Out Sailors". However, these phrases were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters—something known as a backronym.\n\nA backronym or bacronym is a type of acronym that begins as an ordinary word, and is later interpreted as an acronym. The word "backronym" is a portmanteau of back and acronym, and was coined in 1983. The term is also used for a new set of words put to an existing acronym (e.g. "advanced research projects agency" → "arpa" → "address and routing parameters area").
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The signature at the end of a letter is called the "script".  The "PS" stands for "Post Script" which means "after the signature" ("Oh, before I signed this, I forgot to mention...").
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The S means "signed by".  The person writing the minutes of the meeting must leave their signature at the bottom.
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no secret code just an abbreviation
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COULD MEAN DC # OR CODE FOR LIFE
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it means "in example" I. E.: the previous sentence.\nwikipedia says:\n"i.e. (id est) means 'that is' or 'in other words'."
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In popular usage, SOS became associated with phrases such as "Save Our Ship," "Survivors On Ship," "Save Our Souls" and "Send Out Sailors". However, these phrases were a later development, most likely used to help remember the correct letters- something known as a backronym. Other backronyms include Stuck On Site.
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The "U" stamp is for 'unfired' pressure vessels.  The "S" stamp is for power boilers (design/manufacture and assembly, if the designer/manufacturer also assembles), and the "A" stamp is for assemblers of power boilers who are not the designer/manufacturer.\n\nThis is all spelled out pretty clearly in the ASME Code.
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The abbreviation ORS means oral rehydration salts, or oral rehydration solution.\n\nThe word ors means: Gold, represented in heraldic engraving by a white field sprinkled with small dots
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10-4     (Police Code)\nRoger    (Military Code)
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a country? No. it sounds like a PC Game\n\n{edit} sudonym x is not wholly correct, it is, indeed the international distress signal, but it does not 'stand' for anything, it is just that \n... ---... is simply an easy, recognisable signal to send and recieve
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"SOP\n\n   1. (Small Outline Package) A small-dimension, plastic, rectangular surface mount chip with gull-wing pins on its two long sides. See gull-wing lead, TSOP, SOJ and chip package.\n\n   2. (Super OPerator) An IRC channel administrator who has capabilities below the channel's founder, but higher than automatic operators (AOPs). SOPs can vote for new SOPs and AOPs as well as add and remove AOPs. They provide tech support for the channel and can also ban a user permanently by setting an "akick" (automatic kick). Channel operators earn their status by being involved in the channel. See IRC and AOP."
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I once got mails from a guy who always signed with BR and his name. It stood for Best Regards.\nTherefore, I would also suspect it is meant to stand for Regards..
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Wow, I'm usually pretty good at finding these kinds of things, but I was unable to locate what that acronym means.  Sorry!
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SOS does not actually mean save our souls or save our ship.  We were just joking about this at the office & I found the site below-lots of great info.\n\nAt the second Berlin Radiotelegraphic Conference 1906, the subject of a danger signal was again addressed. Considerable discussion ensued and finally SOS was adopted. The thinking was that three dots, three dashes and three dots could not be misinterpreted.  It was to be sent together as one string.\n\nwww.boatsafe.com/nauticalknowhow/060199tip6.htm