social bookmarking

[ soh-shuhl book-mahr-king ]

/ ˈsoʊ ʃəl ˈbʊkˌmɑr kɪŋ /

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noun Digital Technology.

the practice of saving bookmarked web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.

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Compare social tagging.

Origin of social bookmarking

First recorded in 2000–05

OTHER WORDS FROM social bookmarking

social bookmark, noun

Words nearby social bookmarking

Social and Liberal Democratic Party, social anthropology, social anxiety disorder, social assistance, social bee, social bookmarking, social capital, Social Chapter, Social Charter, social class, social climber

How to use social bookmarking in a sentence

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