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Icon#

In computing, an icon is a pictogram or ideogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system. The icon itself is a quickly comprehensible symbol of a software tool, function, or a data file, accessible on the system and is more like a traffic sign than a detailed illustration of the actual entity it represents. It can serve as an electronic hyperlink or file shortcut to access the program or data. The user can activate an icon using a mouse, pointer, finger, or recently voice commands. Their placement on the screen, also in relation to other icons, may provide further information to the user about their usage. In activating an icon, the user can move directly into and out of the identified function without knowing anything further about the location or requirements of the file or code.

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Sites#
  • 1001 Free Downloads: Best and most attractive free graphics for designers
  • CSS Author: Design and Development related blog for Web Designers and Developers
  • DevianArt: A social community of artists and designers
  • Dribbble: The world’s leading design portfolios
  • Feather: Simply beautiful open source icons
  • Flaticon: Illustrations, photos, icons, mockups, and presentations templates
  • Font Awesome: The Internet’s icon library and toolkit
  • Fontello: Icon fonts generator
  • Freepik: Best high-quality photos, designs, and mockups
  • Good Stuff No Nonsense: Hand Drawn Vector Icons & Elements
  • GraphicBurger: A buffet of premium quality design resources offered for free to the community
  • Iconfinder: The world’s greatest resource for high-quality icons and illustrations
  • Iconify: All popular icon sets, one framework. Over 150,000 open source vector icons ⭐
  • iconmonstr: Free, monstrously big and continuously growing source of simple icons run by one creator
  • Icons8: Icons, illustrations, photos, music, and design tools ⭐
  • IconsFlow: Create dozens of personalized icons for your App, Web, Creative projects & Startups
  • Iconshock: The biggest icon pack
  • Pixeden: Premium Design & Web Resources
  • PNG Repo: Search and find best Free PNG graphics
  • Streamline: The world’s largest and most consistent icon and illustration sets
  • SVG Repo: Search and find open source SVG graphics fastest way ⭐
  • The Noun Project: Icons and Photos For Everything

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