If any language is to be effectual in communicating what needs to be imparted in a clear precise manner, it is of the utmost importance, that the parties involved in the communication process have an understanding of such. With clear precise definition of certain key words and/or phrases in the language being spoken, the signals being given, the code being transmitted, there will be a true exchange of identical information.

That is the idea behind communication, isn't it? One communicates to another in order for the other to receive the same exact information that the other has, right? Otherwise what would be the point of communication? It would be pretty useless, would it not?

If I am talking to you and trying to convey a certain meaning, how would you understand my meaning in the same way I do, if you weren't sure about the words I was using? If I used a word you didn't understand then somewhat of the meaning I was trying to convey would be lost, would it not? Of course. The major point of communication is to transfer knowledge. To be understood. To understand. Therefore, the more precise the meaning is during the communication process the clearer the meaning is transmitted.

So in order for me to convey to you with a clear precise understanding then I should first make sure our definition of key words were EXACTLY THE SAME. Remember Babel? The more accurate our definition is of those key words the more obvious or clearer the meaning being conveyed. Simple. If I used words in sentences you didn't comprehend or know; how much of what I was saying would be understood?

Let's take the "Morse code" for example. I'm sure most of us are familiar with "Morse code", right?

Either of two codes used for transmitting messages in which letters of the alphabet and numbers are represented by various sequences of dots and dashes or short and long signals.

What was its purpose? It was a tool used to communicate with one another electronically, before the telephone, although, I do believe it is still in some use today. This guy, Samuel Morse, developed this code for us to be able to communicate from distances beyond natural speech, electronically.

He came up with the idea of using a series of dots and dashes, long and short signals, to actually substitute for the alphabet and be able to talk to a person over long and short distances without actually speaking vocally.

Could you imagine what communication would be like if one didn't know the code? It would be disastrous wouldn't it? There really wouldn't be any clear communication going on at all would there? Think about it.

O.K., what if we knew some of the code and not all of it? Well the code we did know would be understood and communicated no problem. But the points of the code we didn't know would be misunderstood or misinterpreted; so what would that do to the whole of the message?