Write the differences between network icon and application icons.
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Since we are getting more UI questions here on icons and I didnt see this question here I thought it would be on topic to ask what the difference between an icon and a button are other than an icon sometimes has more design aesthetics and a button fires an event or takes you somewhere. So my question is: How do you judge the difference between an icon and a button?Lauren Ipsum and @sambler have of course answered beautifully - I just thought I'd add a different perspective. We tend to think of icons as those little digital images that almost always trigger some digital event of some sort. They do not have to trigger anything, there are examples of digital icons that are merely demonstrating a context or process. enter image description here However, icon is originally a word for image, referring to religious paintings particularly from the Eastern Catholic Church. Traditional icon painting have some pretty specific methods and materials. But never mind. enter image description here So what are icons? They more or less have an entire scientific field dedicated to them....: Semiotics: is the study of signs and sign processes (semiosis), indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication. Semiotics is closely related to the field of linguistics, which, for its part, studies the structure and meaning of language more specifically. However, as different from linguistics, semiotics also studies non-linguistic sign systems. (Wikipedia). Pictograms, ideograms, icons convey some meaning by representing physical objects (or process). Roadsigns, metro maps, hazard signs, signage, wayfinding... all sorts of stuff have little images that we do not even notice that we notice. But we find the right toilet anyway (it is of course hilarious when cultural differences and misunderstandings mess