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     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
        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]