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A static pixelated image showing multiple grayscale text fragments and shapes arranged in a grid-like pattern on a white background.

A static pixelated image showing multiple grayscale text fragments and shapes arranged in a grid-like pattern on a white background. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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Source terms

Composition

  • grid-like arrangement
  • multiple fragments

Dense Caption

The image consists of multiple distinct grayscale text fragments and abstract shapes arranged in a grid-like pattern on a white background. Top row contains two fragments: left fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; right fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes. Middle section contains four fragments: top-left fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; top-right fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; bottom-left fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; bottom-right fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes. Bottom section contains two fragments: left fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; right fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes. All fragments are pixelated with varying shades of gray, creating a low-resolution, abstract appearance.

Description

  • A static pixelated image showing multiple grayscale text fragments and shapes arranged in a grid-like pattern on a white background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 200905221935321910188986
  • 20090522193556980105326

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • grayscale text fragments
  • pixelated grid
  • multiple fragments
  • low-resolution
  • white background
  • abstract shapes
  • dark gray pixels
  • light gray pixels

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears to be a contact sheet or grid of multiple fragments

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Uncertain Text

  • partial text fragments
  • grayscale text fragments
  • abstract shapes

Wordwall

  • grayscale text fragments
  • abstract shapes
  • white background
  • pixelated
  • grid-like arrangement
  • multiple fragments
  • dark gray pixels
  • light gray pixels
  • irregular shapes
  • low-resolution

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090522193556980105326
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200905221935321910188986
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.1 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/30/301608f7e4d979e2b0baff7fb531b6e597f9ee3a0a5366df84d45f243e7ef446.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC
Archive ID
301608f7e4d979e2
SHA-256
301608f7e4d979e2b0baff7fb531b6e597f9ee3a0a5366df84d45f243e7ef446
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:33 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.127847

OpenAI category scores

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A static pixelated image showing multiple grayscale text fragments and shapes arranged in a grid-like pattern on a white background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 10:27 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,481 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,137, response 858

Review tags

  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • grayscale (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • gray
  • white

Composition

  • grid-like arrangement
  • multiple fragments

Dense Caption

The image consists of multiple distinct grayscale text fragments and abstract shapes arranged in a grid-like pattern on a white background. Top row contains two fragments: left fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; right fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes. Middle section contains four fragments: top-left fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; top-right fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; bottom-left fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; bottom-right fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes. Bottom section contains two fragments: left fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes; right fragment shows partial text with dark and light gray pixels forming irregular shapes. All fragments are pixelated with varying shades of gray, creating a low-resolution, abstract appearance.

Description

  • A static pixelated image showing multiple grayscale text fragments and shapes arranged in a grid-like pattern on a white background.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • 200905221935321910188986
  • 20090522193556980105326

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • grayscale text fragments
  • pixelated grid
  • multiple fragments
  • low-resolution
  • white background
  • abstract shapes
  • dark gray pixels
  • light gray pixels

Preprocessing Notes

  • image appears to be a contact sheet or grid of multiple fragments

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Style

  • pixelated
  • grayscale
  • low-resolution

Uncertain Text

  • partial text fragments
  • grayscale text fragments
  • abstract shapes

Wordwall

  • grayscale text fragments
  • abstract shapes
  • white background
  • pixelated
  • grid-like arrangement
  • multiple fragments
  • dark gray pixels
  • light gray pixels
  • irregular shapes
  • low-resolution
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Full source records (2)

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
20090522193556980105326
Archive entry
20090522193556980105326.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#20090522193556980105326.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090522193556980105326.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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
200905221935321910188986
Archive entry
200905221935321910188986.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#200905221935321910188986.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200905221935321910188986.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016