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⏼ U+23FC, ⏼ POWER ON-OFF SYMBOL ← ⏻ [U+23FB] Miscellaneous Technical ⏽ → [U+23FD]

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

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1. (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