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A static pixelated image with a grid of colored circles surrounding central text on a white background.

A static pixelated image with a grid of colored circles surrounding central text on a white background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Ico…

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Style

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • symmetrical grid
  • central text overlay
  • uniform circle size

Dense Caption

The image is a 4x4 grid of solid-colored circular shapes in bright green, pink, coral, and cyan arranged around the perimeter. A large green rectangular block overlays the center containing stylized magenta letters 'JIKJ' with visible pixelation artifacts; the letter 'I' has a small white square cutout. The background is plain white. All circles are uniform in size and shape, positioned at grid intersections without overlap.

Description

  • A static pixelated image with a grid of colored circles surrounding central text 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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • jikj green rectangle
  • magenta text circles grid
  • pixelated jikj icon
  • 4x4 circle grid white background

Objects

  • rectangle

Subjects

  • text block

Visible Text

  • JIKJ

Visually Supported Entities

  • JIKJ

Wordwall

  • 4x4 circle grid
  • bright green circles
  • pink circles
  • coral circles
  • cyan circles
  • green rectangle
  • magenta text
  • 'JIKJ' letters
  • white background
  • pixelated rendering

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200903031402021407058822
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/91/91588e08d11b18f0d06553db5cb3eb8c9fcb2b3da6664319b962737a9db54c62.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC
Archive ID
91588e08d11b18f0
SHA-256
91588e08d11b18f0d06553db5cb3eb8c9fcb2b3da6664319b962737a9db54c62
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 01:38 UTC
Run
1312
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000058

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Assessed
July 26, 2026 at 21:13 UTC
Run
1196
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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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:09 UTC
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1133
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Overall score
0.673187

OpenAI category scores

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A static pixelated image with a grid of colored circles surrounding central text on a white background.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 01:31 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,489 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,094, response 598

Review tags

  • bright green (color, 0.80)
  • coral (color, 0.80)
  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • magenta (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
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  • text (object, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
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Colors

  • bright green
  • pink
  • coral
  • cyan
  • magenta
  • white

Composition

  • symmetrical grid
  • central text overlay
  • uniform circle size

Dense Caption

The image is a 4x4 grid of solid-colored circular shapes in bright green, pink, coral, and cyan arranged around the perimeter. A large green rectangular block overlays the center containing stylized magenta letters 'JIKJ' with visible pixelation artifacts; the letter 'I' has a small white square cutout. The background is plain white. All circles are uniform in size and shape, positioned at grid intersections without overlap.

Description

  • A static pixelated image with a grid of colored circles surrounding central text 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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • jikj green rectangle
  • magenta text circles grid
  • pixelated jikj icon
  • 4x4 circle grid white background

Objects

  • circles
  • rectangle
  • text

Style

  • pixel art
  • blocky
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • circles
  • text block

Visible Text

  • JIKJ

Visually Supported Entities

  • JIKJ

Wordwall

  • 4x4 circle grid
  • bright green circles
  • pink circles
  • coral circles
  • cyan circles
  • green rectangle
  • magenta text
  • 'JIKJ' letters
  • white background
  • pixelated rendering
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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
200903031402021407058822
Archive entry
200903031402021407058822.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#200903031402021407058822.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200903031402021407058822.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016