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One or two arrows curving into a near-closed circle, indicating reload or synchronisation.
Also known as: Reload symbol, Sync symbol, Circular arrow, Arrow going in a circle
A circular arrow means refresh, reload or sync. The number of arrows carries a distinction that is widely observed but nowhere defined: one arrow generally means reload, two chasing arrows generally mean a two-way sync.
Indicates that an action will fetch the current state of something again — reloading a page, or refreshing a list.
Contexts: Software
Distinguishes reload from synchronisation by arrow count in common practice — one arrow for a one-way reload, two chasing arrows for a two-way sync — a convention no standard defines and which products follow inconsistently.
Contexts: Software
An arrow whose shaft curves around to form almost a complete circle, leaving a gap where the arrowhead points along the direction of travel.
Both are curved arrows in the same toolbars: refresh loops closed on itself to repeat a fetch, redo is an open arc stepping forward through a history.
Both are arrows following each other around a closed path, in unrelated fields.