The Pause symbol was designed as a combination of the existing square Stop symbol and the caesura, and was intended to evoke the concept of an interruption or "stutter stop". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The right-pointing triangle was adopted to indicate the direction of tape movement during playback.

The Pause symbol was designed as a combination of the existing square Stop symbol and the caesura, and was intended to evoke the concept of an interruption or "stutter stop". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The right-pointing triangle was adopted to indicate the direction of tape movement during playback.

The Pause symbol indicates no movement either forward nor backward. The stop symbol shows that there is no action of any sort. EDIT: wow, downvoted for providing the actual, factual explanation.

Pause may have come about later with VCRs and appears to look like a caesura (musical pause) or an open connection symbol or just a stop symbol with a missing chunk.

The media control symbols for play, fast forward and pause originate from tape players. The play button pointed to where the direction the tape would go, pressing it would move the tape. There used to be a button that was a triangle pointing the opposite direction that would cause the device to play backwards.

The Pause symbol was designed as a combination of the existing square Stop symbol and the caesura, and was intended to evoke the concept of an interruption or "stutter stop".

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Feb 15, 2016 · the pause button indicates the two rollers beside the read OR write magnet on a tape deck that push the tape up against the head. the single vertical bar with triangle indicates one roller retracted faster play in that direction... basically other than the "play" symbol, which simply means "go" the rest of the symbols are based on the state of ...

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