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| Author | A. C. Meisenbach |
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| Subject | Cipher and telegraph codes |
Publication date | 1923 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 902 |
| OCLC | 1050563 |
| LC Class | HE7676 .A2 |
Acme Commodity and Phrase Code is a codebook providing the general-purpose commercial telegraph code known as the Acme Code. It was published in 1923 by the Acme Code Company. The book provides a listing of condensed terms and codes used to shorten telegrams and save money. The book was extremely popular amongst businesses in the 1930s.[1] This code was one of the few telegram codes permitted by the Allied powers during the Second World War.[2]
- ^ Newton, David E. (1997). Encyclopedia of Cryptology. Santa Barbara California: Instructional Horizons, Inc. p. 4.
- ^ Kahn, David (1996). The Codebreakers. Simon and Schuster. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-684-83130-5.