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Translingual
Description
The power on-off button: a circle with a vertical line in the centre.
Origin
Created 1973 by the International Electrotechnical Commission as a translingual symbol for electronic products intended to be shipped around the world; probably a combination of two other symbols, ⭘ (“power-off”) and ⏽ (“power-on”).
Symbol
⏼
- (computing) Turns a device on or off by fully disconnecting the power supply.
References
- “IEC 60417 5010” (Power on-off) at the International Organization for Standardization.
Further reading
power button on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
