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by Waterluvian 355 days ago
That’s precisely the metaphor. A radio as in the radio station presets in your car.
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iirc, radio buttons were an early form of bookmark in that one would rotate the tuner whose position was annotated by a scale marker, and when the radio was tuned as desired, one would pull the radio button, then push it in to set that button to that tuning. I have a memory of the tactile sensation in my fingers.