„Klopfcode“ – Versionsunterschied
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Because of the difficulty and length of time required for specifying a single letter, prisoners often devise abbreviations and acronyms for common items or phrases, such as "GN" for ''Good night'', or "GBU" for ''God bless you''.<ref name="pbs"/>
By comparison, [[Morse code]] is harder to send by tapping or banging because it requires the ability to create two differently sounding taps (representing the ''dits'' and ''dahs'' of Morse code). A Morse code novice would also need to keep a "cheat sheet" until he or she remembers every letter's code, which the captors would likely confiscate. Tap code can be more easily decoded in one's head by mentally using the table. For example, if you hear four knocks, you
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