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Expand Up @@ -20,3 +20,10 @@ Flowers can flourish. We hope that we are reaching this stage now_.

_A possible acronym for the system could be:_
_"Rapid Object-Oriented Technology"_

To learn more on the early history of ROOT, check out the [1997 webpage](https://web.archive.org/web/19970225042027/http://root.cern.ch/) and [Fons' talk](https://indico.cern.ch/event/1505384/contributions/6733941/attachments/3175370/5646799/30%20Years%20of%20ROOT.pdf) at the [2025 ROOT Users Workshop](https://indico.cern.ch/event/1505384/timetable/#20251117.detailed).


_Just like trees and plants, applications need strong roots to grow and flower. ROOT is a comprehensive object oriented framework that provides a solid foundation on which large scale data analysis applications can be built_.

![ROOT initial art logo](https://web.archive.org/web/19970225042027im_/http://root.cern.ch/root/images/rootart.gif)