Applications on a screen are displayed by __________

On a graphical computer or phone screen, each installed application is represented visually by a small picture with a label so the user can identify and open it with a tap or click. This small picture is an icon.

A cursor only marks a position on the screen and does not represent an application. The home screen and the app drawer are containers, the areas where icons are arranged and displayed, but it is the icon itself that stands for and represents the individual application. Asking what displays applications on a screen is asking what visual symbol is used for each one, and that symbol is the icon.

Exam takeaway: keep the container (home screen, app drawer) separate from the symbol placed inside it (icon); an application is represented by its icon wherever it appears.