It's with that horrible reality in mind that we regretfully inform you that the spinning "loading" icon we all know and hate is officially called the "throbber," which must be the worst weirdly ...

And a third added: "Long ago I read some article where they called it the 'spinning wheel of death'." So what do you call the loading icon? Don't forget to let us know in the comments section below.

All of this is to say, the spinning-loading wheel that appears on computers is unbelievably called a ‘throbber’. According to the PCMag encyclopaedia, a throbber is: “An animated icon that ...

Below, you can find 10 loading animations ... The Imgur icon is a twist on the classic spinning wheel of death icons — it's hypnotizing, but look at it for too long and you start to get dizzy.

The Spinning dots or Circle animation you see in Windows is called as a Throbber, also known as a loading icon. It represents an animated graphical control element, showing that a computer program ...

A little spinning spark icon in your status bar. Android Central got a glimpse of Sprint's new network and the spinner icon itself and has a gif of the new icon. Here's our approximation.