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      11 months ago

      And televisions back then were tiny and not great in terms of resolution/clarity.

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      11 months ago

      The solution is called paging. It’s the concept of dividing content into chunks of discrete size, then provide a mechanism to change the currently shown page. The mechanism typically consists of commands such as “next page”, “precious page” and “goto page number.” This system was initially implemented in paper-based media such as books and newspapers.