Look up: Icon

1. Icon
   (language) A descendant of SNOBOL4 with Pascal-like syntax, produced by Griswold in the 1970's. Icon is a general-purpose language with special features for string scanning. It has dynamic types: records, sets, lists, strings, tables. If has some object oriented features but no modules or excepti...
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2. icon
   (graphics) A small picture intended to represent something (a file, directory, or action) in a graphical user interface. When an icon is clicked on, some action is performed such as opening a directory or aborting a file transfer. Icons are usually stored as bitmap images. Microsoft Windows uses a ...
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3. Icon
   A small picture displayed on-screen to identify a command or file. Many word-processors use an icon of a magnifying glass to indicate it will start a search function.
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4. icon
   [n] - (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface 2. [n] - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel
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5. Icon
   A visual image or picture which represents something else. For example, the My Computer icon represents a means to examine what is available to your computer.
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6. Icon
   A visual picture or symbol on a computer screen that represents a file, program or disc that can be used.
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7. ICON
   A pictorial representation of something on your machine, such as an art package. There are a number of varieties, according to the object it represents. E.G., DISK, DEVICE, DRAWER, TOOL, PROJECT, TRASH, and KICK. If you are using NewIcons V3 or above you will also notice different icons according to the file format, such as IFF, GIF, JPEG, and WAV.
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8. icon
   In the Greek or Eastern Orthodox Church, a religious picture of Jesus, Ma...
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9. Icon
   A conventional religious image
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10. Icon
    An emblem or a symbol
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11. Icon
    A graphic symbol found on computer displays to indicate and initiate a defined action
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12. Icon
    image or person venerated by a cult.
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13. ICON
    International Chiropractic Online Network
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14. icon
    in computer graphics:a pictorial representation of an object in a computer graphic display;it is used in display systems for executive workstations to represent the functional component of an executive desk,e.g.documents,folders,in trays Category: General
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15. Icon
    This is a panel with a painting, usually in tempera, of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or another religious subject.
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16. Icon
    This is a little picture on a computer screen that represents the various functions of the computer. Generally the user clicks on an icon to start an application or function.
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17. Icon
    I'con (ī'kŏn) noun [ Latin , from Greek e'ikw`n .] An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait. « Netherlands whose names and icons are published.» Hakewill.
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18. Icon
    I'con noun (Gr. Ch.) A sacred picture representing the Virgin Mary, Christ, a saint, or a martyr, and having the same function as an image of such a person in the Latin Church.
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19. icon
    noun (computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
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20. Icon
    • (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait. • (n.) A sacred picture representing the Virgin Mary, Christ, a saint, or a martyr, and having the same function as an image of such a person in the Latin Church.
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21. icon
    (from the article `semiotics`) ...He defined a sign as `something which stands to somebody for something,` and one of his major contributions to semiotics was the categorization of ... Rich clusters of related and unrelated symbols are usually regarded as icons. They are actually groups of interactive symbols, like the White H...
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22. icon
    in Eastern Christian tradition, a representation of sacred personages or events in mural painting, mosaic, or wood. After the iconoclastic ... [15 related articles]
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23. icon
    in literature, a description of a person or thing, usually using a figure of speech. To semioticians, icons are signs, verbal or otherwise, with ...
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24. icon
    icon, eikon, ikon 1. A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; such as, a picture, image, or other representation. 2. Eastern Church, a representation of some sacred personage, as Christ or a saint or angel, painted usually on a wood surface and...
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25. Icon
    This is a little picture on a computer screen that represents the various functions of the computer. Generally the user clicks on an icon to start an application or function
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