Is there a name for this loading animation?

1. What is a loading animation?
2. What is a loading graphic called?
3. What is the buffering symbol called?
4. What is the circle called when something is loading?

What is a loading animation?

Loading animations are notifications that reassure users that the system is still handling their request. When a user clicks on a link or button, the animation is displayed until the load process is complete. Some animations have progress bars that indicate how long it will take for data or content to load.

What is a loading graphic called?

A throbber, also known as a loading icon, is an animated graphical control element used to show that a computer program is performing an action in the background (such as downloading content, conducting intensive calculations or communicating with an external device).

What is the buffering symbol called?

Its official name is the “spinning wait cursor.” The first internet version of the loading icon was the Netscape Navigator “throbber,” launched in 1994. Around 2006, Microsoft Vista was released; it used a circular spinning blue icon, the ancestor of what we know as the online buffering icon.

What is the circle called when something is loading?

The loading wheel on a computer is called a 'throbber'.