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pictogram (or ideogram) used in computing
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Summary

icon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • icon is a type of graphical user interface element[2].
  • icon is a type of character[3].
  • icon's Commons category is recorded as Icons[4].
  • icon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Computer icons[5].
  • icon's partially coincident with is recorded as pictogram[6].
  • icon's partially coincident with is recorded as line art[7].
  • icon's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/icons[8].
  • icon's main Wikidata property is recorded as P2910[9].
  • icon's different from is recorded as Q223876[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include graphical user interface element[2] and character[3].

Influence

Things named for icon include emoticon[11] and Ionicons[12], an icon collection[13].

Why It Matters

icon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] icon is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Entities named for icon include emoticon[11] and Ionicons[12], an icon collection[13].

Related Entities

Claws Mail Themes Icon Library Ionicons

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → icon
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: icon, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/4a1600b576016/|details]])"
  2. 8w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uniform resource identifier scheme → icon
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Q223876
    Main wikidata property → P2910
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 28668, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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