資料來源 : pyDict
圖標像標,聖像,畫像,肖像,偶像
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Icon \I"con\, n. (Gr. Ch.)
A sacred picture representing the Virgin Mary, Christ, a
saint, or a martyr, and having the same function as an image
of such a person in the Latin Church.
Icon \I"con\ ([imac]"k[o^]n), n. [L., fr. Gr. e'ikw`n.]
An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Netherlands whose names and icons are published.
--Hakewill.
資料來源 : WordNet®
icon
n 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; "they showed us the
pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images
projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" [syn: {picture},
{image}, {ikon}]
3: a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden
panel; venerated in the Eastern Church [syn: {ikon}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
icon
A small picture intended to represent something (a
file, directory, or action) in a {graphical user interface}.
When an icon is clicked on, some action is performed such as
opening a directory or aborting a file transfer.
Icons are usually stored as {bitmap} images. {Microsoft
Windows} uses a special bitmap format with file name extension
".ico" as well as embedding icons in executable (".exe") and
{Dynamically Linked Library} (DLL) files.
The term originates from {Alan Kay}'s theory for designing
interfaces which was primarily based on the work of Jerome
Bruner. Bruner's second developmental stage, iconic, uses a
system of representation that depends on visual or other
sensory organization and upon the use of summarising images.
{IEEE publication
(http://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/cht_papers/Barnes.pdf)}.
[What MS tool can create .ico files?]
(2003-08-01)
Icon
A descendant of {SNOBOL4} with {Pascal}-like
syntax, produced by Griswold in the 1970's. Icon is a
general-purpose language with special features for string
scanning. It has dynamic types: records, sets, lists,
strings, tables. If has some {object oriented} features but
no {modules} or {exception}s. It has a primitive {Unix}
interface.
The central theme of Icon is the generator: when an expression
is evaluated it may be suspended and later resumed, producing
a result sequence of values until it fails. Resumption takes
place implicitly in two contexts: iteration which is
syntactically loop-like ('every-do'), and goal-directed
evaluation in which a conditional expression automatically
attempts to produce at least one result. Expressions that
fail are used in lieu of Booleans. Data {backtracking} is
supported by a reversible {assignment}. Icon also has
{co-expression}s, which can be explicitly resumed at any time.
Version 8.8 by Ralph Griswold includes
an {interpreter}, a compiler (for some {platform}s) and a
library (v8.8). Icon has been ported to {Amiga}, {Atari},
{CMS}, {Macintosh}, {Macintosh/MPW}, {MS-DOS}, {MVS}, {OS/2},
{Unix}, {VMS}, {Acorn}.
See also {Ibpag2}.
{(ftp://cs.arizona.edu/icon/)}, {MS-DOS FTP
(ftp://bellcore.com norman/iconexe.zip)}.
{Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.lang.icon}.
E-mail: , .
Mailing list: [email protected].
["The Icon Programmming Language", Ralph E. Griswold and Madge
T. Griswold, Prentice Hall, seond edition, 1990].
["The Implementation of the Icon Programmming Language", Ralph
E. Griswold and Madge T. Griswold, Princeton University Press
1986].
(1992-08-21)