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| bookmark |
in computing, a user's stored link to a previously visited location on the Internet, often displayed on-screen as a menu item or icon. [1/2 definitions] |
| click |
in computing, to press and release the button on a mouse in order to carry out an action on the screen, such as positioning the cursor or selecting a program icon (often followed by "on"). [1/8 definitions] |
| eikon |
variant of icon. |
| emoticon |
a small icon made of typed keyboard characters used in electronic communication to convey the mood of the writer. |
| folder |
in computing, an organized directory of documents or programs symbolized for the user with an icon that resembles a paper folder. [1/4 definitions] |
| ikon |
variant of icon. |
| Rosa Parks |
U.S. civil rights activist and icon, whose arrest in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to obey segregation laws on a municipal bus inspired a wave of civil rights activism; born Rosa Louise McCauley (b.1913--d.2005). |
| smiley |
a small icon made of typed punctuation characters that resemble a smiling face, used in electronic communication to convey happiness, amusement, or other emotions; emoticon. |
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