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Static pixel art displays white alphanumeric characters on black background, arranged in five rows with varying character counts per row.

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Static pixel art displays white alphanumeric characters on black background, arranged in five rows with varying character counts per row.

Static pixel art displays white alphanumeric characters on black background, arranged in five rows with varying character counts per row. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • hm os jg
  • jh er bm kj
  • cd fo kk sm
  • sms cheer

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081005170530331916348
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
523 bytes
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f9/f9688707c0bfb44e929813f464c8b4f37029f88921dbaf384b2db6f2a14aeb36.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f9688707c0bfb44e
SHA-256
f9688707c0bfb44e929813f464c8b4f37029f88921dbaf384b2db6f2a14aeb36
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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
20081005170530331916348
Archive entry
20081005170530331916348.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#20081005170530331916348.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081005170530331916348.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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