Taylor wonders why radio buttons
August 13th, 2000
Taylor wonders why radio buttons are called radio buttons. Simple explanation, Nick old chap: it comes from the pre-set buttons on old-timey radios. When you would push in one pre-set button, the other would pop out thereby never allowing you to have more than one pre-set button pushed at once. So, yes, it really is because they behave like buttons on a radio.