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Four green square frames with layered borders display blue text 'IOU' in different positions against a solid green background.

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Four green square frames with layered borders display blue text 'IOU' in different positions against a solid green background.

Four green square frames with layered borders display blue text 'IOU' in different positions against a solid green background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080120073211691921578
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1014 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/13/131a2ecd9abd5d91f70c9a2bc87bf928d9a21bca9b3c99581561533500f4ae14.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
131a2ecd9abd5d91
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131a2ecd9abd5d91f70c9a2bc87bf928d9a21bca9b3c99581561533500f4ae14
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
20080120073211691921578
Archive entry
20080120073211691921578.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080120073211691921578.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080120073211691921578.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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