The NATO Phonetic Alphabet avoids confusion in spoken communications, and is increasingly being used in everyday life.
Often referred to as the ICAO/ITU/NATO Phonetic Alphabet, or the International Phonetic Alphabet, it is a set of words that are used instead of letters in oral communication, where each word represents its initial letter. The code was officially established in 1956 by NATO and ICAO, and the words were chosen based on extensive testing with speakers from different countries.
The code was designed to eliminate problems communicating when there is bad reception, a lot of background noise, or people who have strong accents. Often, letters that sound similar, such as"M" and"N" and"F" and"S", are confused, and this can be critical when giving information to emergency responders.
The airlines use the International Phonetic Alphabet when they communicate Passenger Name Records , and medical workers are using the code to avoid mistakes in patient records. The code even crops up in time keeping, with Greenwich Mean Time, also known as Coordinated Universal Time , often being referred to as"Zulu Time". This is the time at the Prime Meridian, and
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