Icon - Definition
icon
n 1: (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: 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" [syn:
picture, image, icon, ikon]
3: a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden
panel; venerated in the Eastern Church [syn: icon, ikon]