switches - What is the origin of on and off power switch symbol? - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
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> Ok I have make contact with secretary of IEC and he confirm that come from logic 1 and 0.Here is he response "Dear Mr Alfonso, Thank you very much for your mail of 13th Oct. They are believed to standardized from logic 1 and 0. Best regards, Yoshikazu Seki, Secretary of IEC/TC 3/SC 3C"
> – PhoneixS Oct 14 '12 at 10:43