icons
n. countablen. small pictures on a computer screen that you click to open programs. It also describes famous people or things that represent a certain style or idea.
n. graphic symbols on a digital interface representing executable programs or files; alternatively, persons or things regarded as representative symbols of a particular culture or movement.
Click on the mail icon to check your messages.
The desktop was cluttered with icons for various applications and folders that he rarely used.
While the software's icons are designed for intuitive navigation, the artist herself has become one of the most recognizable icons of the minimalist movement.
Often used in the plural when referring to user interface elements; frequently paired with 'of' when describing a person as a symbol.