A row of bars of increasing height, showing received signal strength.
Also known as: Signal bars, Bars, Steps going up
Ascending bars show signal strength. How many bars correspond to what strength is set by each manufacturer, so the same conditions can show four bars on one handset and two on another — the icon is comparable with itself and with nothing else.
Shows the strength of the received radio signal as a number of filled bars out of a fixed total.
Contexts: Software
Maps bars to signal strength by each manufacturer's own choice, with no standard behind it, so bar counts are not comparable between devices even in identical conditions.
Contexts: Software
Three to five narrow vertical bars standing side by side on a common baseline, each taller than the one to its left, forming a rising staircase.
The two connectivity indicators in a status bar, for different radios.