Icon
* Greek word that means image.
* Many icons are masterpieces of art.
* Some icons are hand-drawn representations of human body parts.
* When referring to computer interfaces, the term icon is everywhere.
* are Holy objects.
* are a dominant element in Orthodox worship
  - principal feature of graphical user interfaces
  - way of opening a screen, window or vision of the Kingdom
  - artifacts
  - computer files
  - expressions in color and shape of Eastern Christian theology
  - graphic symbols that represent programs, documents, or hardware
* are graphical objects that represent files and folders
  - representation of an application
  - images that look for the transcendent
  - little pictures that graphically represent various programs and functions
  - located in desktops
  - mirrors into the eternal world
  - objects of veneration, treated with profound respect
  - paintings
  - pictorial representations of commands or functions
  - pictures on the screen which represent programs, documents, and groups
  - powerful threads that tie people together
* are religious images which contain symbols of profound meaning
  - sacred images designed to point the mind of the viewer in a certain direction
* are small pictures that are linked to programs
  - represent objects
  - work as buttons to go forward or back between pages
  - representations of windows or programs
* are symbols for programs
  - that express a different emotion or identity
* are the basic rules that govern our nonverbal behavior in our sensory space
  - key to the unspoken attitudes and assumptions of a culture
  - property of the church and hence the property of the people
  - theology in line, image, color and beauty
  - to be doors through which the believer communes with spiritual realities
  - used in many places on a computer
  - windows on the world of the spirit
* depict men and women who exist beyond space and time - in eternity.
* general-purpose language with special features for string scanning.
* generally represent objects like files, folders, or application programs.
* have appearances.
* help keep our spirituality rooted in the world, and our world rooted in spirituality.
* includes sections.
* play a major role in our practice of the Christian faith.
* represent categories of shapes.
+ Computer icon, Use: Computers
  * Icons are used in many places on a computer. The desktop contains icons as 'shortcuts' - clicking on these icons opens up the file, folder, or application that they stand for. For example in Microsoft Windows the desktop will often have an icon for the Recycle Bin, and the icon usually looks like a trash can.
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Auditory icon
* are representational sounds in that they have specific, stereotypical meanings.
* represent documents of differing size and media type.

Cultural icon
* are often timeless , imprinted in our consciousness.
+ Cultural icon, Icons and brands: Symbols :: Cultural history
  * Many brands want to be cultural icons, but fail. Cultural icons are often timeless, imprinted in our consciousness. While brands are rational and driven by features, cultural icons are emotional, free, driven by feeling, and creating emotional bonds. Royal or church clothing could also be understood as a form of emotional iconography.

Pop icon
* Most pop icons achieve their status through death , typically at a young age.
+ Pop icon: Culture
  * Most pop icons achieve their status through death, typically at a young age. The worship of pop icons is due only in part to their actual accomplishments. Some of the most notable pop icons are James Dean, Michael Jackson, John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe. However, even celebrities who died old can become a pop icon like Elvis Presley.