What is Morse code?

Morse Code is actually a kind of cipher where patterns of long and short stand for the letters of the alphabet as well as numbers. For example, the pattern . . . stands for the letter "S" and the pattern _ _ _ stands for the letter "O" so that . . . _ _ _ . . . stands for SOS, the distress signal. In the Second World War, the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony were used as a symbol for victory as the rhythm is the same as the Morse for "V" (short-short-short-long)