Meanings
- not comparableAn initial version of something or, figuratively, of someone.
Minutes before President Obama was sworn in, the official government Web site was switched from Bush version 2.0 to a snazzy Obama 1.0
2009 January 21, Ed Robinson with Lukas I. Alpert, “Traffic Tangles Up Web”, in New York Post, →ISSN3 more examples
And did Bush 1.0 really rush the swearing in of Clarence Thomas because the Washington Post was about to publish a story about his extensive porn habit?
2007 November 9, “Clarence Thomas, Porn Addict?”, in New York, →ISSNConsider the success of America 1.0 and one of its master architects Benjamin Franklin Franklin's resume reads like a Denny's restaurant menu
2008 March 14, Andrew Razeghi, “America 2.0: The creative imperative”, in San Francisco Chronicle, →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 Apr 2008On trade and tariffs, however, [US president Joe Biden] broadly followed the Trump 1.0 line, especially with regard to America’s main economic rival, China.
2024 November 7, Ned Temko, “With Trump, ‘America First’ is back. US allies brace for a shock.”, in The Christian Science Monitor
Origin
From the use of version numbers in computer software.
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