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An icon is an image representation of a program, a shortcut, or a script. For instance on your desktop those pictures that are on programs, and shortcuts such as My computer are icons. So to wrap it up an icon is an image representation of a program like firefox being a fox on a globe and internet explorer being an E with a yellow circle or even safari being a compass.

A mouse pointer is exactly the same as a mouse curser. When you move you mouse don't you see that little arrow the you move on the screen. That's what is referred as a mouse pointer. Where you click programs and links that arrow or somethings a hand on a link is a mouse pointer!

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The mouse pointer is called a cursor

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