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- What is the symbol for play?
- What does the play button symbolize?
- Why is the play button a triangle?
- Where do the pause and play symbols come from?
What is the symbol for play?
The “Play” arrow — a triangle pointing to the right — is possibly the most ubiquitous modern technology symbol there is.
What does the play button symbolize?
The play symbol points to the direction in which the tape will move. In models where you load the cassette upside down, the arrow points to the left. Some tape decks have two play buttons (right pointing arrow and left pointing arrow), one for each side of the cassette.
Why is the play button a triangle?
Where Play Came From. The short answer is no one really knows. Gizmodo says that it's from the 1960s when audiovisual was still reel-to-reel. The idea back then was that the triangle actually was an arrow, indicating which way the reel went, but this is pretty much just speculation.
Where do the pause and play symbols come from?
The main symbols date back to the 1960s, with the Pause symbol having reportedly been invented at Ampex during that decade for use on reel-to-reel audio recorder controls, due to the difficulty of translating the word "pause" into some languages used in foreign markets.
