Icon - what is it? Here, you will get it explained
The term "Icon" is the English expression for "Symbol" or "symbol". His is the origin of the Icon from the computer area, where it belongs as a Pictogram to a graphical interface. Behind the Icon, a file, an application, or a directory, then, is that with a click on the Icon or display is opened.
- Icons are usually square and have uniform sizes with edge lengths of 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256 or 512 pixels and is stored on the Computer often in ICO or PNG Format.
- As soon as you select an Icon on the Computer by a single - or double-click with the mouse, it will open the corresponding file, the application is activated or the command is executed. It is always a associated with the Symbol action.
- Icons offer the user working with the Computer has a decisive advantage: Because the human brain processes simple icons faster than text, can work of the user by using the Icons much faster.
- In Winodws Explorer, so the entire hard drive, content is displayed in the Form of Icons. The Icon represents a file or a folder. These Icons can be adjusted in the settings.
Icons of the Windows 10 system
Under Windows, you can create your own Icons and by means of already established symbols to replace. In a separate article we will explain to you step-by-step, how you own Windows Icons create.
