The First Emoji
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In 1999, a Japanese phone company wanted a way to send short messages with more feeling. A designer called Shigetaka Kurita drew 176 tiny pictures, each only twelve pixels wide and twelve pixels tall. They included a sun, a heart, a phone and a few simple faces.
1. How big was each of the first emoji?
- ATwelve pixels wide and twelve tall
- B176 pixels wide
- CTwelve centimeters wide
Ver la respuesta
A. Twelve pixels wide and twelve tall
Each was only twelve pixels wide and twelve pixels tall.
La prueba en el texto: each only twelve pixels wide and twelve pixels tall
Kurita had noticed a problem with text messages. A short line like 'I'm busy' could sound friendly or cold, and the reader had no way to tell. A small picture could show the tone that the words left out.
2. True or false? Kurita thought short texts always showed the writer's feeling.
- ATrue (Verdadero)
- BFalse (Falso)
Ver la respuesta
B. False (Falso)
The words left out the tone, so a picture could show it.
La prueba en el texto: A small picture could show the tone that the words left out
The idea spread quickly across Japan, but for years emoji only worked between phones from the same company. A heart sent from one network might arrive as a strange box on another. Emoji only became global when they were added to Unicode, the shared list of characters every computer uses, in 2010.
3. What made emoji work everywhere?
- AFaster phones
- BCheaper networks
- CBeing added to Unicode
Ver la respuesta
C. Being added to Unicode
Emoji became global when they were added to Unicode.
La prueba en el texto: when they were added to Unicode
Today there are several thousand emoji, and people send billions of them every day. Kurita's original 176 are now kept in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, next to famous paintings and chairs. Something designed for tiny screens is now treated as art.
4. How are Kurita's first emoji seen today?
- AAs old mistakes
- BAs secret codes
- CAs art
Ver la respuesta
C. As art
Something made for tiny screens is now treated as art.
La prueba en el texto: Something designed for tiny screens is now treated as art
Vocabulario en español
| Inglés | Español | Significado en inglés |
|---|---|---|
| pixels | píxeles | the tiny dots of color that make a picture on a screen |
| Unicode | Unicode | a shared list that gives every letter and symbol a number |
| tone | tono | the feeling behind words, like friendly or angry |
| network | red | a system of connected phones or computers |
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