Why is radio button called?

Source: Internet
Author: User

I have been wondering why the single handler name is radio button. I checked it,

Wikipedia says this:
ARadio buttonOrOption ButtonIs a typeGraphical user interface ElementThat allows the user to choose only one of a predefinedSetOf options (that's opposite to tick boxes ).

They were named after the physical buttons used on olderCar radiosTo select preset stations-when one of the buttons was pressed, other buttons wo'd pop out, leaving the pressed button the only button in the "Pushed in" position

 

It turns out that old-fashioned car radios can only press one key, and other keys will pop up immediately. That is to say, you can only select one at a time, therefore, the computer visualization component is called radiobutton. This name is really interesting. I really admire the name of this guy. I don't know who is the first to be named radiobutton? Microsoft? Borland ?.

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