A button is something that is on your shirt, it is also on your computer, in the elevator, in your car, and now they are even on your touch screen phone.
Dictionary.com says a button is...
"a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, servingas a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
anything resembling a button, especially in being small and round, as any of various candies ornaments, tags, identification badges, reflectors, markers, etc.
any small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, release a spring or otherwise operator open a machine, small door, toy, etc."(Button)
But what about the buttons on your phone that don't stick out, and aren't square?
Take this iPhone for instance. Don't we consider those squares buttons? When we push on the an action takes place. But they don't fit the typical definition of a button. As technology is evolving we are seeing things like this happen more often. We are seeing the conceptual model of what things should be change. I'm sure my son will have a totally different interpretation of what a button is when he is in college than I do now just like I am sure mine is different from what my parents were when they were in college.
Citations:
"Button." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2013.
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