RE: icon showing that something is banned or nonfunctioning

[APEERY -at- FAMILYDOLLAR -dot- COM]

Sara:

I have heard this icon (red circle with diagonal line) called the
"International No Symbol", or "International Prohibition Symbol."  Still a
bit wordy, but HTH.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Cook, Jenise [SMTP:jenise -dot- cook-crabbe -at- pacificlife -dot- com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:18 PM
> To:	TECHWR-L
> Subject:	RE: icon showing that something is banned or nonfunctioning
> 
> Prohibited.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S E Prigan [mailto:s_prigan -at- hotmail -dot- com]
> 
> How do you describe the icon/symbol showing that something is
> banned--i.e.,
> a circle with a slash through it (all superimposed over the thing that is
> banned or temporarily nonfunctioning). Is there an actual name for it?
> Right
> now I have only the wordiest way to describe it.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sara

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