Two upright bars that suspend playback.
Also known as: Pause button, Two bars, Double bar
Two vertical bars pause playback. The form is generally explained as a break in the signal — a gap where sound would otherwise be — rather than as a picture of anything.
Suspends playback without stopping it, so that resuming continues from the same point.
Contexts: Software
Is distinguished from stop, which ends playback and typically returns to the beginning — a difference of state, not of degree.
Contexts: Software
Two short vertical bars of equal height, standing side by side with a gap between.
Both belong to the standard set of media transport controls.