Usually means: Auditory equivalent of visual icon.
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▸ noun:  (computing, broadcasting) A brief, distinctive sound used to represent a specific item or event.

Similar:
ident, audio, accent, consonant, acrophone, chroneme, earmark, alert, ecphoneme, descriptor, more...

Opposite:
visual icon, graphic symbol, image

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Similar:
ident, audio, accent, consonant, acrophone, chroneme, earmark, alert, ecphoneme, descriptor, more...

Opposite:
visual icon, graphic symbol, image



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