A loading icon, also called a [b]throbber[/b], is an animated graphic meant to show that a computer is performing some task in the background. The most general type takes the form of a spinning wheel, usually a series of lines or dots arranged in a circle which light up in sequence. Some OS-specific types include macOS's spinning pinwheel and [[microsoft windows|Windows]]' blue circle and rotating hourglass.

h4. See also
* [[buffering]]
* [[loading screen]]
* [[progress bar]]

h4. External Links
* "Throbber (Wikipedia)":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throbber]
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