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Originally used by sailors as a distress signal/code meaning Save Our Ship, hence S.O.S.
S.O.S was a distress call that was used in MORSE CODE, long before telephones were used. To send a call for help, a telegraph operator would send ... --- ... It was simple and universal.
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