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On Computer Displays, a computer icon is a small pictogram. Icons have been used to supplement the normal Alphanumerics of the computer. Modern computers now can handle bitmapped graphics on the Display Terminal, so the icons are widely used to assist users.

A computer icon usually ranges from 16 by 16 pixels up to 128 by 128 pixels. When the Graphical output device has a smaller size, the icon size is small. Vision impaired users (poor lighting, tired eyes, medical impairments, bright backgrounds, color blindness, ... may need user-selected icon sizes.

Icons may represents a file, folder, application or device on a computer operating system. In modern usage today, the Icon can represent anything that the users want it to: any macro command or process, mood-signalling, or any other indicator. User friendliness also demands error-free operation, where the icons are distinct from each other, self explanatory, and easily visible under all possible user setups. Icons were first developed as a tool for making computer interfaces easier for novices to grasp in the 1970s at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center facility. Icon-driven interfaces were later popularized by the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating environments.

Free icons are also a name given to images use in various instant message clients (such as MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM Messenger, Skype, etc). Icons in these programs can refer to emoticons, display pictures, display images or buddy icons

Other sites with free icons:

http://www.iconarchive.com/ - 10000+ free icons in gif & ico format. 28 categories. Fast & easy navigation. Additional free clip art, desktop icons, buttons, bullets, cartoons, lines

http://www.iconbazaar.com/ - A gallery of free clipart, graphics, images, webdings and webart for use in HTML development.

http://www.maxpower.ca/free-icons/2006/03/05/ - There are literally hundreds of websites that will sell you icons that are royalty free for whatever purpose you desire.

http://www.iconfactory.com/ - huge free vault of 1000+ clipart images, 950+ fonts, 4000+ icons, hundreds of animations, buttons, bullets, arrows, bars, html and photoshop tips

http://www.aha-soft.com/iconlibs.htm - ree icons in ico format. Desktop icons - aquarium, cats, birds, nature, blanks, computer, flags, road signs, chips, christmas, erotic, sexy icons.