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When I renewed Gmail, when I renewed Gmail, I made icons of everything instead of writing letters, because it is expanding worldwide, it is better not to rely on the language of each region but to just capture the image with a quick glance In the same way, logos and symbols such as "Bluetooth", "Command key on Mac", "Power button", "USB" and "Peace mark" are made for similar purposes. So, what origin was it originated as a design ah? A movie that you can see well is published on YouTube.

Mind-Blowing Origins Of Everyday Symbols - YouTube


◆ Bluetooth


In the late nineties,Harald BluetoothHe ruled Norway and DenmarkVikingThere was a king of.


Developers who invented the Bluetooth standard said that King Harald Blåtand, who unified peacefully with bilateral negotiations alone, felt overlapping with the technology that would be a bridge between the PC industry and the wireless communication industry.


Although it was named Bluetooth by taking the name of the king, that form is the initial of Harald Blåtand in DenmarkRunesIt is what I wrote.


◆ Mac command key


The official name of the command key is "gorgon loop" or "Command symbol(Looped square) "is called.


Sweden road signsOriginally it is derived from the famous campground.


At the beginning of Macintosh development, the command key was called "Apple key", Apple's apple logo design was used. One day, Steve Jobs, who saw this, rushed into the area of ​​the development team and said, "Are not the screens full of apples! Do you mislead you using Apple's logo, do not be silly now! I was furious. In other words, it means that we have pressed down all major changes of manual, hardware and software.

In the hurry, I became a substitute for the Apple logo and I was forced to look for a symbol meaning "command"Susan CareFound a symbol that shaped flowers that show "sightseeing spots" and "guidance to campgrounds" in Sweden from the world common symbol dictionary. It is adopted as it is as a command key, and it is used until now.

Folklore.org: Swedish Campground


◆ Power button


At least from the Second World War, represent data in binary notationbinaryThe system was used to operate switches and toggles.


And in binary notation "1" is expressed as ON, "0" as OFF.


In other words, combining numbers 1 and 0 ...


It will be that familiar symbol.


◆ USB


According to one theory, it is derived from Neptune's three-pronged trim "Trident".


The fact that the tip is round, triangular and square represents that it is possible to connect various types of devices from the USB port.


◆ Peace mark


British "Nuclear disarmament(Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) was used as a symbol of protest for the first time by citizen groups, and it came to be used around the world as a symbol of peace movement and antiwar movement.


This design is based on the hand flag signal and expresses N of "Nuclear" and D of "Disarmament", "Nuclear Disarmament".


Simplify the two hand flag signals ......


The one that matches one is used as a piece mark. Peacemark complained of anti-Vietnam war, love and peacehippieSince it was used as a symbol in exercise, not only nuclear disarmament but also "peace" itself are often implied.