Standard No.:	GB/Z 43345-2023
English Name:	Vocabulary of graphical symbols for use on electrical equipment
Chinese Name:	电气设备用图形符号词汇
Chinese Classification:	K04    Basic standards and general methods
Professional Classification:	GB    National Standard
Source Content Issued by:	SAMR; SAC
Issued on:	2023-11-27
Implemented on:	2024-6-1
Status:	valid
Target Language:	English
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Word Count:	9000 words
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GB/Z 43345-2023 Vocabulary of graphical symbols for use on electrical equipment 1 Scope This document contains a collection of terms (glossary) used in IEC, ISO and ITU publications in the field of graphical symbols for use on equipment including some related fields. Some terms are annotated and/or modified for the purpose of clarification. 2 Normative references There are no normative references in this document. 3 Terms and definitions 3.1 caution signal word used to indicate a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury [SOURCE: ISO 17724:2003, 6] 3.2 danger signal word used to indicate an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in death or serious injury [SOURCE: ISO 17724:2003, 18] 3.3 dynamic graphical symbol graphical symbol for use on a monitor screen and a console display whose colour and/or appearance change in accordance with the internal status of the piece of equipment 3.4 glyph recognizable abstract graphic symbol which is independent of any specific design [SOURCE: ISO/IEC 9541-1:1991, 3.12] 3.5 glyph image image of a glyph, as obtained from a glyph representation displayed on a presentation surface Note: See Annex A for terminology examples. [SOURCE: ISO/IEC 9541-1:1991, 3.15] 3.6 graphic symbol visual representation of a graphic character or of a composite sequence Note: See Annex A for terminology examples. [SOURCE: ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993, 4.19] 3.7 graphic character character, other than a control function, that has a visual representation normally handwritten, printed, or displayed Note: See Annex A for terminology examples. [SOURCE: ISO/IEC 10646- :1 993, 4.18] 3.8 graphical symbol visually perceptible figure with a particular meaning used to transmit information independently of language Note 1: The unique nature of graphical symbols is their language independence. Therefore, the use of letters and punctuation marks as graphical symbol elements should be avoided. Note 2: Graphical symbols are usually abstract representations that stand for something but that require learning on the part of users to take on their meaning. [SOURCE: GB/T 23371.1-2013, 3.4] [SOURCE: ISO 17724:2003, 31] 3.9 graphical symbol for use on equipment graphical symbol for use on associated assemblies intended to achieve a defined final Objective [SOURCE: GB/T 23371.1-2013] 3.1 0 icon graphical symbol presented on a screen or display Note 1: Icons can be static, interactive and change as the result of user input or dynamic and change as the result of equipment status. Note 2: Alternative definitions depending on domains are as follows: ——user interface [symbol/object] representing an object or a function of the computer system [ISO/IEC 11581-10:2010, 3.4, modified] ——symbol or combination of symbols in graphical user interfaces representing a function of the computer system ——object of manipulation of a function of the computer system through graphical user interfaces for computer applications • Icons should be graphical representations that convey information with a minimum reliance on language. • Icons have dynamic nature depending on the function of the computer system. • Icons may be entirely abstract, like graphical symbols, or pictorial, like pictograms, or fall at some point between those extremes. Note 3: See Annex A for terminology examples. [SOURCE: ISO 80416-4:2005, 3.3] 3.11 pictogram simplified pictorial representations, used to guide people and tell them how to achieve a certain goal Note 1: Pictograms should be graphical representations that convey information with a minimum of reliance on language. Note 2: Pictograms are, as far as possible, self-explanatory, and require little or no learning on the part of users. Note 3: Pictorial representation can be two- or three-dimensional. Note 4: See Annex A for terminology examples. [SOURCE: ITU-T Recommendation E.121:2004, 3.1, modified] 3.12 safety related graphical symbol graphical symbol for use on equipment that conveys a message with a relation to personal and/or equipment safety and that is not qualified as a safety sign, e.g. because the related risk is comparatively low Note 1: A safety related graphical symbol may e.g. express a prohibition (Do not ... !) or a warning related to a specific hazard (Caution! ...), however it is not required to use the safety colours and shapes according to ISO 3864. It can be standardized in IEC 60417 or ISO 7000. Note 2: See Annex A for terminology examples. 3.13 safety sign sign which gives a general safety message, obtained by a combination of colour and geometric shape and which, by the addition of a graphical symbol, gives a particular safety message Note: See Annex A for terminology examples. [SOURCE: ISO 17724:2003, 68] 3.14 sign configuration of visual elements including symbols, text and shapes intended to communicate a given meaning Note: See Annex A for terminology examples. [SOURCE: ISO 17724:2003, 71] 3.15 signal word word that calls attention to a potentially or imminently hazardous situation [SOURCE: ISO 17724:2003, 73] 3.16 symbol visual (audible or tactile) sign, single letter, numeral, punctuation mark each of which has a fixed meaning Note 1: Symbols are usually graphical representations that convey information with little reliance on language. Note 2: Symbols are usually abstract representations that stand for something but that require learning on the part of users to take on their meaning. Note 3: Examples of symbols are graphical symbols, graphic symbols, character symbols, chemical symbols, mathematical symbols, musical symbols, sex symbols, status symbols, tactile symbols, audible symbols. Note 4: See Annex A for terminology examples. 3.17 warning signal word used to indicate a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury [SOURCE: ISO 17724:2003, 84]