What does S.O.S. stand for?

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Answer 1

SOS may stand for:

1. S.O.S (Save Our Ship) Used widely in Films and TV shows
2. SOS, the international Morse code distress signal, consisting of three dots, three dashes and three dots (··· --- ···)
3. Science of Spirituality, a non-profit organization related to meditation
4. SOS response, a DNA repair system of prokaryotes involving RecA and LexA proteins
5. Somali shilling, the currency of Somalia (ISO currency code "SOS")
6. Silicon on Sapphire, a type of wafer chip design
Secretary of State
7. SOS (arcade game), a 1980 arcade game by Namco
8. SOS Children's Villages
9. State of Sabotage, a micronation formed in 2003 on the uninhabited Finnish island of Harakka
10. Save Our State, an immigration reform group in Southern California
11. Strength of Schedule, a factor for selection into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournament, and predictor of how a team might do in any sport, typically released by ESPN
Secular Organizations for Sobriety
12. SOS (operating system), the "Sophisticated Operating System", an operating system used by the ill-fated Apple III computer
13. Special Operations Squadron, an United States Air Force
14. Season On Sex, a mid-nineties tabloid term for women who dates sportsmen
15. S.O.S. (Lost), a TV episode from the series Lost
16. Saving Our Selves, a Hurricane Katrina relief fundraising telethon, which aired on BET
17. Switched-On Schoolhouse, an educational computer program for homeschoolers and private school students
18. Special Operations Strikeforce, a United States government-sponsored team of superheroes featured in the comic book series The Savage Dragon.

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Answer 2

Sumatran Orangutan Society

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.

From 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.

In 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.

Answer 3

Save Our Souls
Save Our Ship
Stranded Off Shore
Some One Special

Answer 4

Save Our Souls

Answer 5

Stranded Off Shore

Answer 6

SOS is a distress call
In Marconi code: it is spelled out . . . - - - . . . (three dots, three dashes, three dots)

The Marconi Yearbook of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony , 1918 states, "This signal [SOS] was adopted simply on account of its easy radiation and its unmistakable character. There is no special signification in the letter themselves, and it is entirely incorrect to put full stops between them [the letters]." All the popular interpretations of "SOS," "Save or Ship," "Save Our Souls," or "Send Out Succour" are simply not valid. Stations hearing this distress call were to immediately cease handling traffic until the emergency was over and were likewise bound to answer the distress signal.

Answer 7

It's definately Save Our Souls. It was brought out in World War One

Answer 8

Save our Ship

Answer 9

Nothing. It originated as a sequence of letters intended to signal distress, but was not an acronym. In Moris Code, S is three dots and O is three dashes, so SOS is dot, dot, dot, dash, dash, dash, dot, dot, dot, which is easy to remember and to identify. There are several meanings attributed to it, but these are "backronyms," meaning they came later. These include "Save Our Souls," "Save Our Ship," "Send Out Ships," and several others.

Answer 10

Same Ole Stuff....Or Save Our Ship (Military)