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It’s encoded words for weather forecast. Save you a click.
by hashtag-til 3y ago
It’s encoded words for weather forecast.
Save you a click.
- stevage 3y agoThe story is pretty interesting, and definitely worth the click.
- djur 3y agoWhy would someone encode words for a weather forecast?
- mkl 3y agoAs the article explains, it's to save on telegraph fees, which were charged per word.
- djur 3y agoSeems like OP didn't save me a click, then. Dang.
- pmarreck 3y agoIt was an early form of compression.
- jandrese 3y agoTelegraph operators preferred operating on real words, so you had to encode your data into English words to save on transmission costs.