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== Etymology == [[File:Car Radio of Analog Era.jpg|thumb|A radio with a row of five pop-out buttons]] Radio buttons are named after the physical buttons that were used on old [[Radio_receiver#Broadcast_radio_receivers|radio]]s to select preset stations.<ref name="jit">{{cite web|last1=Yumashev|first1=Alex|title=The history of a radio-button|url=https://www.jitbit.com/alexblog/242-the-history-of-a-radio-button/|website=JitBit Founders Blog|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="micro">{{cite web|title=Radio Buttons|url=https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn742436(v=vs.85).aspx|website=Windows Dev Center|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> When one of the buttons is pressed, the other buttons pop out while leaving the pressed one pushed in.
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