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web beacon

American  
Or Web beacon

noun

Digital Technology.

  1. a very small graphic image or other object embedded in an HTML-formatted web page or email, used to track the online actions and activity of users.

    Web beacons that monitor customer preferences.

Etymology

Origin of web beacon

First recorded in 2000–05

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