2006-10-07 01:58:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
From Latin icon, derived from Greek εἰκών (eikon) "likeness, image, figure, representation".
Noun
Singular
icon
Plural
icons
icon (plural icons)
A religious iconimage, picture, representation
a religious painting, often done on wooden panels
a person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense".
a small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function)
(linguistics): A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also symbol and index.
iconic
iconify
Iconstasis
iconoclast
iconography
Latin
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Etymology
From Greek εἰκών (eikon) "likeness, image, figure, representation"
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Noun
icon (genitive iconis); f., third declension
an image
(later Latin): icon (religious painting)
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See also
iconicus
iconismus
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/icon"
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ICON Information Concepts ***
ICON Information in Context ***
ICON International Conference on Networking ***
ICON Innovation Curriculum Online Network ***
ICON Individual Career Opportunities in Nursing ***
ICON International Container ***
ICON International Coalition on Newspapers ***
ICON INSTITUTE Consulting ***
ICON Indexed Currency Option Note ***
ICON Integration Contract ***
ICON Interstate Connection ***
ICON Inner City Organisations Network ***
ICON Independent Care Organisations Network **
ICON Immediate Constituent **
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ICON Index of Complexity Outcome and Need **
ICON Integration of Construction **
ICON Information in Construction **
ICON Imperial Court of Nebraska **
ICON Interfaith Coalition on Nondiscrimination **
ICON Iowa Corrections Offender Network **
ICON Isotopes of Carbon Oxygen and Nitrogen **
ICON Intl Conf on Networks **
ICON Intelligent Completions on the Net *
ICON Inventors Conference *
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ICON International Conference on Natutal *
ICON Intelligent Computer Optimized Navigation *
ICON Indo Chinese Outreach Network *
ICON Index Currency Option Notes *
ICON Innovative Coastal Oceans Network *
ICON International Convention of Nerds *
ICON Information Concerning Other Networks
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****** OP Optimus Prime (Leader of the Autobots, icon of the 80s)
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* IDON Idea Icon
* YASTI Yet Another System Tray Icon
2006-10-07 02:03:23 · answer #1 · answered by s t 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are over 40 acronyms of ICON, I believe that you are meaning the picture that when you click on it to open a file or to connect, there is no acronym for it.
2006-10-07 09:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by midnightlydy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think icon is the full word, it's derived from greek
2006-10-07 09:02:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont think there is its just icon
2006-10-07 09:01:40 · answer #4 · answered by tru_story 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Iconography
2006-10-07 09:01:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋