What does «pictograma» mean in Spanish?
- A pictogram (in the computer context it is called an icon) is an ideogram that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. Pictograms are often used in writing and graphics systems where the characters are largely pictorial in appearance. A pictogram can also be used in subjects such as leisure, tourism and geography. Pictography is a form of writing that uses pictorial representational drawings, similar to cuneiform and, to some extent, hieroglyphic writing, which also uses drawings as phonetic letters or determinative rhymes. Some pictograms, such as hazard pictograms, are elements of formal languages. Pictogram has a quite different meaning in the field of prehistoric art, including the recent art of traditional societies and then means art painted on rock surfaces, as opposed to petroglyphs; the latter are carved or chiseled. Such images may or may not be considered pictographs in the general sense.