:-) is 25 today
The :-) computer smiley symbol celebrates its 25th birthday
today. The sideways face used in billions of emails was invented by an IT
expert in Pittsburgh, US, reports The Sun.
Prof Scott Fahlman was the first to use a colon followed by a hyphen
and a close bracket to form a smiley in a computer message. It has since
spawned dozens of similar characters, including the wink ;-) sad face :-( yawn
:-O and surprise 8-O.Prof Fahlman said he prefers :-) to the modern computer
graphic of a
smiling face, adding: "It destroys the whimsical element of the
original."
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