Murray code

A later variant of Baudot code, designed to minimize wear on the machinery by assigning the code combinations with the fewest punched holes to the most frequently used characters.

Proper noun

  1. A later variant of Baudot code, designed to minimize wear on the machinery by assigning the code combinations with the fewest punched holes to the most frequently used characters.

Origin

The code was modified by Donald Murray (1865–1945).