throbber
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thumb|150px|A throbber animation like that seen on many websites when a Blocking (computing)|blocking action is being performed in the background|alt=A circle of mostly grey and some black segments, animated to appears as though it is moving clockwise
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thumb|150px|A throbber animation like that seen on many websites when a Blocking (computing)|blocking action is being performed in the background|alt=A circle of mostly grey and some black segments, animated to appears as though it is moving clockwise
A throbber, also known as a loading icon, is an animated graphical control element used to show that a computer program is performing an action in the background, such as downloading content, conducting intensive calculations, or communicating with an external device. In contrast to a progress bar, a throbber does not indicate how much of the action has been completed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “throbber” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.