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An icon , from the Greek word for image, is a pictorial representation of something that is considered holy or divine. The article Icon covers this meaning, mainly in regard to Eastern Christianity. Iconography is the study, mostly in art history, of the content of all types of images, their history and meaning. The word can also mean symbol.

In non-religious use an icon is a pictographic symbol for an object, facility, control, political party, government, or other entity, See Icon (secular)

Icon may also mean:

• ICON: The International Council on Nanotechnology, a multi-stakeholder group that addresses issues of nanotechnology and risk.
• Icon (magazine), a British architecture and design magazine
• Icon (album), an album by John Wetton and Geoff Downes
• Icon (Paradise Lost album), an album by British band Paradise Lost
• Icon (novel), a book by Frederick Forsyth
• Icon (film), a film based on the book by Frederick Forsyth, starring Patrick Swayze
• Icon (comics), a comic book and its title character published by Milestone Media
• ICON (journal), an annual journal of the International Society for the History of Technology (ICHOTEC)
• Icons (TV series), a television documentary on TV channel G4
• "Icon" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
• Cultural icon, something which is emblematic of a given culture
• Icon festival, A grandiose 3-5 day Science Fiction and Fantasy festival, which is being held annually, in Tel Aviv, Israel.
• Icon, in semiotics is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it.

In computing:

• Icon (computing), a pictogram, used in graphical user interfaces, to represent a program, file, user, or other computing function, upon which one may click, with one's mouse, for example
• Icon (programming language), a programming language
• Unisys ICON, a computer developed for the Ontario school system

Other uses:

• Icon Productions, Mel Gibson's film production company.
• Icon Economics, an economic and public policy consulting business in Melbourne Australia
• ICON convention (disambiguation), the name of several annual science fiction conventions
• iCon: Steve Jobs, a biography of Apple Computer founder and CEO Steve Jobs
• Iconicity, a concept in linguistics
• DAAS Icon, an album by the Doug Anthony All Stars
• Dungeons & Dragons iconic characters, Dungeons & Dragons characters representing different archetypes in the game
• Def Jam: Icon, the third installment in Electronic Arts's Def Jam-licensed hip hop video game series.

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