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Icon
Strictly speaking, the correct term is glyph. An icon is a visual representation of a concept or idea. In computing it takes the form of a small graphic, which when clicked, has a function.


Image Map
An image map is a way to code HTML so that a single image can contain a number of click-able regions. Hotspots on image maps are defined by exact pixel co-ordinates. These hotspots can take you to another Web page, or to somewhere within the existing page. They are created using the HTML <map> tag.