1. icon(n = noun.communication) Array - (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; Array
is a kind of symbol
is a part of graphical user interface, gui
Derived form adjective iconic1
2. icon(n = noun.artifact) ikon, image, picture - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
is a kind of representation
has particulars: bitmap, electronic image, chiaroscuro, collage, montage, foil, transparency, computer graphic, graphic, iconography, inset, likeness, semblance, cyclorama, diorama, panorama, reflection, reflexion, cat scan, scan, echogram, sonogram
Derived form adjective iconic1
3. icon(n = noun.artifact) ikon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church; Array
is a kind of painting, picture
Derived form adjective iconic1
1. An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait. [1913 Webster]
"Netherlands whose names and icons are published." [1913 Webster]
2. 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. The term is used especially for a highly stylized and conventionalized representation of a holy person, rich in symbolism and used in devotional services in many of the eastern Orthodox churches, especially the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. a symbol, especially a symbol whose form suggests its meaning or the object it represents. [PJC]
4. a graphical symbol for a data object whose form suggests the nature or function of the object; especially, such a symbol as viewed on the computer screen.
"In a graphical user interface, pointing to and clicking on an icon may cause any of several types of actions, such as opening a file or executing a program, depending on how the icon properties are defined." [PJC]
5. any object of uncritical devotion. [PJC]
"The former congresswoman and Vice-Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro is still an icon to many party members." [PJC]
6. an outstanding example of something which has come to represent the class of things to which it belongs; a paragon; used of persons as well as objects. [PJC]
icon, n. (also ikon)
1 a devotional painting or carving, usu. on wood, of Christ or another holy figure, esp. in the Eastern Church.
2 an image or statue.
3 Computing a symbol or graphic representation on a VDU screen of a program, option, or window, esp. one of several for selection.
4 Linguistics a sign which has a characteristic in common with the thing it signifies.
Etymology:
L f. Gk eikon image
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