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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
   - picture, image, ikon
    
3. A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
   - ikon

Derived forms: icons

See also: iconic

Type of: painting, picture, representation, symbol

Part of: graphical user interface, GUI

Encyclopedia: Icon