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A physical icon, or phicon, is the tangible computing equivalent of an icon in a traditional graphical user interface, or GUI. Phicons hold a reference to some digital object and thereby convey meaning.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Fidalgo, F., Silva, P., Realinho, V.: "Ubiquitous Computing and Organizations", page 201. Current Developments in Technology-Assisted Education, 2006
  2. ^ Michitaka Hirose (2001). Human-computer Interaction: INTERACT '01 : IFIP TC.13 International Conference on Human-Comupter Interaction, 9th-13th July 2001, Tokyo, Japan. IOS Press. pp. 337–. ISBN 978-1-58603-188-6.