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A static image displays a large black number 4 with red outline above partial black letters HS with red outline on white background.

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A static image displays a large black number 4 with red outline above partial black letters HS with red outline on white background.

A static image displays a large black number 4 with red outline above partial black letters HS with red outline on white background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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Composition

  • top-left numeral
  • partial letters below
  • gray rectangle on right
  • two-tone background

Dense Caption

The image shows a static composition with a large black numeral '4' outlined in red positioned at the top left. Below it, partially visible black letters 'HS' with red outlines appear on a white background. The right side of the image features a solid gray rectangular area. The text elements have a pixelated appearance with distinct black and red color separation. The numeral '4' is vertically centered relative to the 'HS' text. The gray rectangle occupies the rightmost portion of the image, creating a two-part background layout.

Description

  • A static image displays a large black number 4 with red outline above partial black letters HS with red outline on 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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • 4 HS
  • numeral 4 HS
  • HS 4
  • 4 red outline
  • HS red outline
  • black 4 red
  • black HS red
  • gray rectangle background

Visible Text

  • 4
  • HS

Wordwall

  • numeral 4
  • letters HS
  • red outline
  • black text
  • white background
  • gray rectangle
  • pixelated text
  • top-left numeral
  • partial letters
  • two-tone background

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081217122035929149494
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.1 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/50/505681575af102576b41b17cc34fd8c9b4e01aa183dee38c0adf5aa3f5d0099b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 UTC
Archive ID
505681575af10257
SHA-256
505681575af102576b41b17cc34fd8c9b4e01aa183dee38c0adf5aa3f5d0099b
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 20, 2026 at 02:28 UTC
Run
1315
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000020

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 30, 2026 at 20:52 UTC
Run
1249
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:20 UTC
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1034
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Overall label
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A static image displays a large black number 4 with red outline above partial black letters HS with red outline on white background.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 14:05 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,412 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,108, response 678

Review tags

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  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
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Colors

  • black
  • red
  • white
  • gray

Composition

  • top-left numeral
  • partial letters below
  • gray rectangle on right
  • two-tone background

Dense Caption

The image shows a static composition with a large black numeral '4' outlined in red positioned at the top left. Below it, partially visible black letters 'HS' with red outlines appear on a white background. The right side of the image features a solid gray rectangular area. The text elements have a pixelated appearance with distinct black and red color separation. The numeral '4' is vertically centered relative to the 'HS' text. The gray rectangle occupies the rightmost portion of the image, creating a two-part background layout.

Description

  • A static image displays a large black number 4 with red outline above partial black letters HS with red outline on 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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • 4 HS
  • numeral 4 HS
  • HS 4
  • 4 red outline
  • HS red outline
  • black 4 red
  • black HS red
  • gray rectangle background

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky
  • text-based

Visible Text

  • 4
  • HS

Wordwall

  • numeral 4
  • letters HS
  • red outline
  • black text
  • white background
  • gray rectangle
  • pixelated text
  • top-left numeral
  • partial letters
  • two-tone background
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Full source records (1)

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
20081217122035929149494
Archive entry
20081217122035929149494.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:46 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#20081217122035929149494.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081217122035929149494.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016