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Phillips Code
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<p>The Phillips Code is a <a href="/facts/Brevity_code/JKL23K16">brevity code</a> (shorthand) compiled and expanded in 1879 by <a href="/facts/Walter_P._Phillips/unU8TNrb">Walter P. Phillips</a> (then of the <a href="/facts/Associated_Press/b4T5P1bT">Associated Press</a>) for the rapid transmission of <a href="/facts/Telegraph/JhRYDSDu">telegraph</a> messages, including press reports. </p>