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 "name": "play",
 "title": "Play",
 "component": "PlayIcon",
 "url": "https://gentleface.com/icons/play",
 "category": "media",
 "motif": "transport",
 "added": "2026-10-14",
 "history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-14",
   "what": [
    "added"
   ]
  }
 ],
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  "start",
  "run",
  "resume",
  "start playback",
  "begin",
  "execute"
 ],
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  {
   "icon": "play-circle",
   "why": "a large play button over a video or a media card (play-video)",
   "concept": "play"
  },
  {
   "icon": "play-pause",
   "why": "one key that toggles play and pause (play-pause-toggle)",
   "concept": "play"
  },
  {
   "icon": "code-play",
   "why": "run code or a script in an editor (run-code)",
   "concept": "start"
  },
  {
   "icon": "rocket",
   "why": "launch or deploy an app (launch)",
   "concept": "start"
  },
  {
   "icon": "power",
   "why": "switch a device on (power-on)",
   "concept": "start"
  }
 ],
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   "concept": "run-code",
   "owner": "code-play",
   "why": "the bare run when the UI already names the code"
  },
  {
   "concept": "launch",
   "owner": "rocket",
   "why": "start or run something (start)"
  },
  {
   "concept": "listen",
   "owner": "headphones",
   "why": "start playback (play)"
  },
  {
   "concept": "play-video",
   "owner": "play-circle",
   "why": "the bare play control in a player toolbar"
  },
  {
   "concept": "play-pause-toggle",
   "owner": "play-pause",
   "why": "separate play and pause buttons that swap"
  },
  {
   "concept": "run-tests",
   "owner": "flask-play",
   "why": "run or start in general"
  }
 ],
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  {
   "concept": "next",
   "owner": "chevron-right",
   "why": "play starts media; a chevron only points to the next item"
  },
  {
   "concept": "not-gate",
   "owner": "logic-not",
   "why": "play is a media triangle; the gate carries an output bubble and an input line"
  },
  {
   "concept": "triangle",
   "owner": "triangle",
   "why": "a right-pointing triangle means play (play)"
  }
 ],
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  "eject",
  "fast-forward",
  "pause",
  "pause-circle",
  "play-circle",
  "play-off",
  "record",
  "record-dot",
  "rewind",
  "skip-back",
  "skip-forward",
  "stop",
  "stop-circle"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "media",
  "playback",
  "triangle",
  "start",
  "run"
 ],
 "size": 16,
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  "line-sharp",
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 ],
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 "license": "MIT",
 "author": "Alexander Kiselev"
}