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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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icon a painting of Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches. In transferred usage, a person or thing regarded as a representative symbol or as worthy of veneration.
In computing, an icon is a symbol or graphic representation on a VDU screen of a program, option, or window, especially one of several for selection.
The word is recorded from the mid 16th century in the sense ‘simile’ and from the late 16th century in the sense ‘likeness, image’ (see
Eikon Basilike); it comes via Latin from Greek
eikōn ‘likeness, image’. Current senses date from the mid 19th century onwards.
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Icons go Hollywood: now you can edit, create and animate. (Moon Valley Software Inc's $69.95 Icon Tamer Professional and $29.95 Icon Do-It operating system enhancements) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Computer Shopper; 3/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...animated icons from both programs, icons from normal icon libraries (DLLs), and icons...Icon Tamer Pro. THE CANNES OF ICONS Icon Do-It's 16 mini-movies take...that lets you create animated icons. Icon Do-It completes the package...
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Icon Mania 1.0. (Dubl-Click Software's icon-editing utility) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Macworld; 8/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...pasteboard--onto the icon you want replaced. The icons that come with the...of sharp-looking icons representing floppy...and removables. Icon Mania also allows...Trash Can, and alert icons. But this isn't just an icon collection; it...
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Icon design: graphic icons in computer interface design. (Book Reviews).
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 5/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...or teacher, you are going to welcome Icon design: Graphic icons in computer interface design. To offer...animated tool icons, pointer icons, cursor icons, and application icons. It displays the icon sets for such leading programs as Adobe...
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Two icon editors. (Inline Design's Icon 7 and Baseline Publishing's I Like Icon icon editing software) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
Magazine article from: Macworld; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Rating *** I Like Icon Pros: Impressive...of eye-catching icons; work palette provides...high-quality color icons that highlight correctly. Like most icon editors, I Like...ready-to-use icon art. Scores of icons range from an image...
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 "Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL)")
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Icons: Creating art, witnessing to faith
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 4/11/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...She began creating icons years ago at a class...Naperville. Her first icon was the image of Christ...completing her sixth icon and taking her third...George. "Making icons is a very involved...finished making her icon, she will hang it...images and patterns of icons have been passed ...
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AGING ICONS PUZZLE MANY AMERICANS.(Kentucky Life)(Religion)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 7/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...this 19th century icon say to Americans who...into the Sanctuary of Icons and Prayer." "The...It's like this icon lets us have a glimpse...Into Heaven: Russian Icons, 1650-1917" at...it? Each of these icons may be a copy of a...familiar. But each icon had a life of its...
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Icon do it. (Online Scientist).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Scientific Computing & Instrumentation; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...a look at some of the icon editing tools available...strengths. Replacing shortcut icons with your own creations...ll be able to design icons to maximize their clarity...to the application. AX Icons 4.5 is an icon manager/editor from...
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Icon Genetics Inc. Announces Establishment of Icon Genetics AG in Munich, Germany.
Business Wire; 11/8/1999; 683 words
; ...BW HealthWire)--Nov. 8, 1999-- Icon Genetics, Inc. announced today the establishment...in Munich, Germany. The new entity, Icon Genetics AG, was established to employ...opportunities in the area. Upon reorganization Icon Genetics, Inc. will become a wholly owned...
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Icon continue to grow in Qatar
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 3/15/2006; 700+ words
; Leading event branding specialist Icon Display has recently finished work on yet...Qatar, the ITU Doha Triathlon World Cup. Icon has recently opened an office in Qatar...and the Wheels 'n' Heels charity race. Icon specializes in designing, producing and...
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ICON Announces Fund Changes.
Business Wire; 1/28/2004; 700+ words
; ...Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2004 ICON Advisers, Inc., manager of the ICON family of mutual funds, announces several changes...effective on January 29, 2004: -- The name of the ICON North Europe Region Fund will be changed to the...
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Icons
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...emulate the ancient icons of "the Greek icon-painters, Andrei...to suppress such icons (e.g., a 1668...craft to certified icon-painters), such...popular and elite icon-painting continued...centuries. Popular icons flourished and proliferated...
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Icon Foods
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...object. It is through the icon that people gain access and learn about the object. Icons are signs that stand for...representations. And icons themselves change meanings over time. The word "icon" today has largely lost...attachment. Rather, icons are used in secular settings...
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Icon Health & Fitness, Inc.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. 1500 South...Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. is the world...IMAGE, JumpKing, Reebok, and NordicTrack, Icon products include treadmills, stationary bicycles...
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icon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
icon [Gr. eikon =image...Orthodox Eastern faith. Icons commonly represent Christ...figure represented in the icon. The icon grew out of...by periods. The term icon came to mean "subject...der, Introduction to Icons (tr. 1967); K. Weitzmann...
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Images, Icons, and Idols
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...the words images, icons, and idols together...the ideas of "icon" and "idol" that...pray before the icons. Some will speak of the icon as miraculous while...speaking world as icon and is applied to...of worship. Holy icons are central to Orthodox...
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