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Public Domain Icons
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These icons were originally made for Mosaic for X and have been
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included in the NCSA httpd and Apache server distributions in the
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past. They are in the public domain and may be freely included in any
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application. The originals were done by Kevin Hughes
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(kevinh@kevcom.com).
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Many thanks to Andy Polyakov for tuning the icon colors and adding a
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few new images. If you'd like to contribute additions or ideas to
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this set, please let me know.
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Almost all of these icons are 20x22 pixels in size. There are
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alternative icons in the "small" directory that are 16x16 in size,
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provided by Mike Brown (mike@hyperreal.org).
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Suggested Uses
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The following are a few suggestions, to serve as a starting point for ideas.
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Please feel free to tweak and rename the icons as you like.
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a.gif
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This might be used to represent PostScript or text layout
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languages.
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alert.black.gif, alert.red.gif
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These can be used to highlight any important items, such as a
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README file in a directory.
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back.gif, forward.gif
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These can be used as links to go to previous and next areas.
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ball.gray.gif, ball.red.gif
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These might be used as bullets.
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binary.gif
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This can be used to represent binary files.
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binhex.gif
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This can represent BinHex-encoded data.
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blank.gif
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This can be used as a placeholder or a spacing element.
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bomb.gif
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This can be used to repreesnt core files.
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box1.gif, box2.gif
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These icons can be used to represent generic 3D applications and
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related files.
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broken.gif
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This can represent corrupted data.
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burst.gif
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This can call attention to new and important items.
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c.gif
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This might represent C source code.
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comp.blue.gif, comp.red.gif
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These little computer icons can stand for telnet or FTP
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sessions.
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compressed.gif
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This may represent compressed data.
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continued.gif
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This can be a link to a continued listing of a directory.
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down.gif, up.gif, left.gif, right.gif
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These can be used to scroll up, down, left and right in a
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listing or may be used to denote items in an outline.
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dvi.gif
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This can represent DVI files.
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f.gif
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This might represent FORTRAN or Forth source code.
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folder.gif, folder.open.gif, folder.sec.gif
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The folder can represent directories. There is also a version
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that can represent secure directories or directories that cannot
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be viewed.
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generic.gif, generic.sec.gif, generic.red.gif
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These can represent generic files, secure files, and important
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files, respectively.
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hand.right.gif, hand.up.gif
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These can point out important items (pun intended).
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image1.gif, image2.gif, image3.gif
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These can represent image formats of various types.
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index.gif
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This might represent a WAIS index or search facility.
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layout.gif
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This might represent files and formats that contain graphics as
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well as text layout, such as HTML and PDF files.
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link.gif
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This might represent files that are symbolic links.
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movie.gif
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This can represent various movie formats.
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p.gif
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This may stand for Perl or Python source code.
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pie0.gif ... pie8.gif
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These icons can be used in applications where a list of
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documents is returned from a search. The little pie chart images
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can denote how relevant the documents may be to your search
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query.
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patch.gif
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This may stand for patches and diff files.
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portal.gif
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This might be a link to an online service or a 3D world.
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ps.gif, quill.gif
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These may represent PostScript files.
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screw1.gif, screw2.gif
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These may represent CAD or engineering data and formats.
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script.gif
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This can represent any of various interpreted languages, such as
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Perl, python, TCL, and shell scripts, as well as server
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configuration files.
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sound1.gif, sound2.gif
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These can represent sound files.
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sphere1.gif, sphere2.gif
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These can represent 3D worlds or rendering applications and
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formats.
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tex.gif
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This can represent TeX files.
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text.gif
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This can represent generic (plain) text files.
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transfer.gif
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This can represent FTP transfers or uploads/downloads.
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unknown.gif
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This may represent a file of an unknown type.
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uuencoded.gif
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This can stand for uuencoded data.
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world1.gif, world2.gif
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These can represent 3D worlds or other 3D formats.
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