Apparently it's what the Chrome developers themselves call it [1]. I'd never heard the name before the original link either. It just makes me wonder even more

Apparently it's what the Chrome developers themselves call it [1]. I'd never heard the name before the original link either. It just makes me wonder even more how such an icon became as widespread as that one is. [1] http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Chrome-Wrench-Icon-Is-Getting-Replaced-with-a-Hotdog-284623.shtml http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Chrome-Wrench-Icon-Is-Get...