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Pause button

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Media players commonly display standard media control icons known from physical devices such as tape recorders and CD players, such as play, pause, fastforward, backforward, and stop buttons.

The pause button atop playing audio or video, with the possibility to continue (in the case of video: with a still image).

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Symmetric, Open shape, Monochrome, Contains straight lines, Has no crossing lines.

Category: Media Control Symbols.

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