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<div>Recently someone asked in one of our internal newsgroups at
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<blockquote>"Does anyone know how icons came to be known as
icons? Why they are called that, who started it, etc?".<br>
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<div>I was thinking that ICONs may have been invented at PARC.
Probably someone on this mailing list knows the answer and I'd like to
hear the real story.<br>
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<div>Thanks in advance,<br>
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<div> - Steve</div>
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