Power symbol

As technology became more ubiquitous, these English words were replaced with the symbols line "|" for "on" and circle "◯" for "off" (typically without serifs) to bypass language barriers.

[2] Because of widespread use of the power symbol, a campaign was launched by Terence Eden to add the set of characters to Unicode.

[14] It has also been used in corporate logos, such as for Gateway, Inc. (circa 2002), Staples, Inc. easytech, Exelon, Toggl and others,[2] as record sleeve art (Garbage's "Push It") and even as personal tattoos.

[15] The 2012 television series Revolution, set in a dystopian future in which "the power went out", as the opening narration puts it, stylized the second letter 'o' of its title as the standby symbol.

On 15 October 2019, 786 employees of Volkswagen Group United Kingdom Limited formed the world's largest human power symbol at Millbrook Proving Ground.