loading animation
Waiting screen graphic
A loading animation is a visual indicator showing that a computer process is in progress—the spinning wheel, progress bar, or pulsing dots that appear while software fetches data or completes a task.
The animation reassures users that the system hasn't frozen: The loading animation spun for thirty seconds before the page appeared.
Also called a loading spinner or loading indicator.
- spinnerThing that rotates
- spinning wheelFiber-to-thread device
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- progressMovement toward improvement
- wheelRotating circular frame
circle · waiting · please wait · hourglass · dots · rotating · beach ball · preloader · skeleton · shimmer · throbber · patience · lag · delay · slow connection · spinning · fetch · render
- animationcartoon, cartoons, toons, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny
- loading indicatorsprogress bar, spinner, hourglass, buffering, preloader
loading animationidle state
Inactive but available condition
error message · welcome screen · home screen · timeout error
loading, animation, load, animate, loaded, loader, loaders, unload, unloads