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Four distinct letter A icons arranged in a : top-left blue background with yellow-outlined white A, top-right light blue background with pink polka-dot A, bottom-left red circular background with white lowercase a, bottom-right black-and-white patterned background with white A

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Four distinct letter A icons arranged in a : top-left blue background with yellow-outlined white A, top-right light blue background with pink polka-dot A, bottom-left red circular background with white lowercase a, bottom-right black-and-white patterned background with white A

Four distinct letter A icons arranged in a : top-left blue background with yellow-outlined white A, top-right light blue background with pink polka-dot A, bottom-left red circular…

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Composition

  • four distinct icons

Dense Caption

Top-left: blue pixelated background with white letter A outlined in yellow. Top-right: light blue background with pink polka-dot letter A. Bottom-left: red circular background with white lowercase a. Bottom-right: black-and-white patterned background with white letter A. All icons are static, no animation observed. Each A is stylized differently: top-left has rounded edges, top-right has polka dots, bottom-left is lowercase, bottom-right has a high-contrast patterned backdrop. No text beyond the letter A is visible.

Description

Four distinct letter A icons arranged in a : top-left blue background with yellow-outlined white A, top-right light blue background with pink polka-dot A, bottom-left red circular background with white lowercase a, bottom-right black-and-white patterned background with white A

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

  • blue yellow white A
  • pink polka dot A
  • red circle lowercase a
  • black white patterned A
  • letter A icons
  • stylized A
  • pixelated A
  • text-based icons

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Four distinct letter A icons arranged in a 2x2 grid: top-left blue background with yellow-outlined white A, top-right light blue background with pink polka-dot A, bottom-left red circular background with white lowercase a, bottom-right black-and-white patterned background with white A.
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid

Visible Text

  • A

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  • blue background
  • yellow outline
  • white A
  • pink polka dots
  • red circle
  • lowercase a
  • black-and-white pattern
  • pixelated
  • static

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200807191404121041611913
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 UTC

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GIF
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50×50 pixels
File size
6.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
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Media type
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v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 UTC
Archive ID
b695d5d45444a20c
SHA-256
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July 23, 2026 at 19:30 UTC
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Four distinct letter A icons arranged in a : top-left blue background with yellow-outlined white A, top-right light blue background with pink polka-dot A, bottom-left red circular background with white lowercase a, bottom-right black-and-white patterned background with white A

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 13:13 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,334 ms
Tokens
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  • blue
  • yellow
  • white
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Composition

  • four distinct icons

Dense Caption

Top-left: blue pixelated background with white letter A outlined in yellow. Top-right: light blue background with pink polka-dot letter A. Bottom-left: red circular background with white lowercase a. Bottom-right: black-and-white patterned background with white letter A. All icons are static, no animation observed. Each A is stylized differently: top-left has rounded edges, top-right has polka dots, bottom-left is lowercase, bottom-right has a high-contrast patterned backdrop. No text beyond the letter A is visible.

Description

Four distinct letter A icons arranged in a : top-left blue background with yellow-outlined white A, top-right light blue background with pink polka-dot A, bottom-left red circular background with white lowercase a, bottom-right black-and-white patterned background with white A

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

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  • pink polka dot A
  • red circle lowercase a
  • black white patterned A
  • letter A icons
  • stylized A
  • pixelated A
  • text-based icons

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  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid

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  • pixelated
  • stylized
  • text-based

Subjects

  • letter A

Visible Text

  • A

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • yellow outline
  • white A
  • pink polka dots
  • red circle
  • lowercase a
  • black-and-white pattern
  • pixelated
  • static
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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
200807191404121041611913
Archive entry
200807191404121041611913.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:34 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#200807191404121041611913.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200807191404121041611913.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016