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radio button

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radio button One of a set of buttons in a dialog box that, when activated, allows only one of a set of mutually exclusive options to be selected at a time (as when selecting a radio station using a button with a pre-set frequency). For example, there may be a set of radio buttons with the options to print a full document, the current page, or multiple pages. Compare check box.

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radio button

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

radio button A small circular WIDGET used to select options within a WEB PAGE or a WINDOW and which can exist in an on or off state. Normally radio buttons are grouped and made mutually exclusive: only one of the buttons is allowed to be on.

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