Button, Advertising, Access Technology

Button, Advertising, Access Technology

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Description
This circular button has a white background with a red circle that has a red diagonal line through it. Along the top edge of the circle in white text it reads: "NO SNEAKERNET," and along the bottom edge in black text it reads: "ForComment Document Review Software." In the center of the circle is a gray image of sneakers. Along the bottom edge of the button in black text it reads: " by Access Technology." A mark in red ink on the reverse reads: "PC EXPO NY '91."
Sneakernet is computer jargon for the method of moving electronic data by personally carrying it from one place to another on removable media such as floppy disk, compact disk, flash drive, etc. The term was coined in the early days of computing before networks were common.
References:
[Last accessed 2019-07-18]
https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/51585/sneakernet
https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/sneakernet
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
button, advertising
date made
c 1991
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in; x.635 cm x 7.874 cm
ID Number
2009.3071.623
catalog number
2009.3071.623
nonaccession number
2009.3071
Credit Line
David DeJean
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National Museum of American History
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