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A black-and-white animated icon displays repeating text with a cursor blinking at the end of each line, set against a solid background.

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A black-and-white animated icon displays repeating text with a cursor blinking at the end of each line, set against a solid background.

A black-and-white animated icon displays repeating text with a cursor blinking at the end of each line, set against a solid background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200710062046171061937832
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.4 KB
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4c/4c99e513f29c9b287948a05500ce0453af87b647b2f0538707bbb0936b0ffbfd.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4c99e513f29c9b28
SHA-256
4c99e513f29c9b287948a05500ce0453af87b647b2f0538707bbb0936b0ffbfd
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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
200710062046171061937832
Archive entry
200710062046171061937832.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:49 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#200710062046171061937832.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200710062046171061937832.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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