"status bar?" symbols or whatever it is??

[dippetydodah]

Okay, yes, I'm a newbie. I am trying to figues out what the symbols at the top of the screen (i.e. where the signal bars are). Is there a dictionary of these symbols somewhere here? For instance - the arrow pointing down to a line which I assume means some sort of download? There are others which must be unique to "smart phone" or droid as I have never seen them before on my old standard phone. Could someone point me to a way to decipher these, please?
Thanks!!

 

[takeshi]

Pull down the notification bar and you'll see the icons, each by a short description of the notification. Click on a notification and you'll be taken to the appropriate app.

 

[dippetydodah]

Oh how stupid I feel. Was wondering why people were talking about accessing that bar with certain phone cases - duh, now I know why! Beaucoup thanks takeshi!!