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Video: History of the Power symbol

2017-04-08 by Jason

Lazy Game Reviews gets a little off topic with an explanation of the universal symbol for power. Short answer: It’s actually the Standby symbol from the IEEE made up of the binary 0 & 1. It has seen widespread adoption because it takes up less room and means more to non-English speakers than the words ‘On/Off’.

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