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icon

in a graphical user interface, a pictorial representation of a window, an action (such as sending e-mail or printing a document), or an option (such as double-spacing) that is available to the user. The user clicks on (or otherwise selects) the icon in order to expand the icon into a window, to perform the action, or to specify the option.

interface engine

a SAS engine that reads and writes file formats that are supported by other vendors software. See also engine, native engine.