In HTML, why is a radio input called so?

Question

I don't see any similarities between a radio and that style of input.

Answer 1

Hi,

A radio input is a radio check and it is used to select one out of a set, they need to have the name attribute with the same value to works

Is called radio because they work like the buttons of the old-fashioned radios

Answer 2

Thank you Guillem Padilla!