icon

i·con  (kn)

n.

1. also i·kon (kn)

a. An image; a representation.

b. A representation or picture of a sacred or sanctified Christian personage, traditionally used and venerated in the Eastern Church.

2. An important and enduring symbol: "Voyager will take its place ... alongside such icons of airborne adventure as The Spirit of St. Louis and [the] Bell X-1" William D. Marbach.

3. One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol: "He is ... a pop icon designed and manufactured for the video generation" Harry F. Waters.

4. Computer Science A picture on a screen that represents a specific file, directory, window, option, or program.

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[From Greek eikn, from eikenai, to be like, seem.]

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icon or ikon

Noun

1. a picture of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint, venerated in the Orthodox Church

2. a picture on a computer screen representing a computer function that can be activated by moving the cursor over it

3. a person or thing regarded as a symbol of a belief or cultural movement: a feminist icon [Greek eikōn image]

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icon  (kn)

In a graphical user interface, a picture on the screen that represents a specific file, directory, window, or program. Clicking on an icon will start the associated program or open the associated file, directory, or window.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	icon - (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 computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures graphical user interface, GUI - a user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device symbol - an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
	2.	icon - 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" ikon, picture, image bitmap, electronic image - an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels chiaroscuro - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color collage, montage - a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image; "he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map" transparency, foil - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector computer graphic, graphic - an image that is generated by a computer iconography - the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject; "religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography of a despot" inset - a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one likeness, semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing cyclorama, diorama, panorama - a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene reflection, reflexion - the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror" representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something CAT scan, scan - an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" echogram, sonogram - an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs
	3.	icon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church ikon painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

Translations

icon [ˈaɪkɔn] n (gen), (COMPUT) → icono

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icon [ˈaɪkɔn] n → icône f

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icon [ˈaɪkɔn] n → Ikone f;

(Comput) → Ikon nt

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icon [ˈaɪkɔn] n → icona;

(COMPUT) → immagine f