by Kat Es The telegraph was a revolutionary means of communication in itself, but it's also connected to the development of modern computer languages. Like any new technology, its creation had a ripple effect, provoking a wide range of other innovations. Engineer Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot, born on this day in 1845, was an important telegraph innovator whose telegraph system helped lay the groundwork for modern computers. Baudot had been a telegraph operator since 1869, write Fritz E. Froehlich and Allen Kent in The Froehlich/Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications. When he was training, he learned how to operate Samuel Morse's original telegraph, but he also learned to use other telegraph models. He practiced on the Hughes telegraph, an early printing telegraph that had a keyboard like a piano, and the Meyer telegraph, which was the first to use paper tape with holes in it to record telegraph signals, according to author Anton A. Huurdeman.

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by Kat Es The telegraph was a revolutionary means of communication in itself, but it's also connected to the development of modern computer languages. Like any new technology, its creation had a ripple effect, provoking a wide range of other innovations. Engineer Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot, born on this day in 1845, was an important telegraph innovator whose telegraph system helped lay the groundwork for modern computers. Baudot had been a telegraph operator since 1869, write Fritz E. Froehlich and Allen Kent in The Froehlich/Kent Encyclopedia of Telecommunications. When he was training, he learned how to operate Samuel Morse's original telegraph, but he also learned to use other telegraph models. He practiced on the Hughes telegraph, an early printing telegraph that had a keyboard like a piano, and the Meyer telegraph, which was the first to use paper tape with holes in it to record telegraph signals, according to author Anton A. Huurdeman.
Look at the boldfaced word. What content in the passage best assists with identifying the meaning of innovations? (1 point) "an early printing telegraph that had a keyboard like a piano" "telegraph system helped lay the groundwork for modern computers" "Baudot had been a telegraph operator since 1869" "When he was training, he learned how to operate Samuel Morse's original telegraph"

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The content in the passage that best assists with identifying the meaning of "innovations" is "telegraph system helped lay the groundwork for modern computers." This phrase indicates that the telegraph system was a significant advancement that contributed to future developments, which defines the essence of innovations as new ideas or inventions that drive progress.