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noun Digital Technology.

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.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Also called web bug .

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Web 2.0, web address, webapp, Webb, web-based, web beacon, webbed, webbed fingers, webbed neck, webbie, webbing

Example sentences from the Web for web beacon

He was referring to web censorship behind the Great Firewall.
China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
With its vast web of resources and services, including its support groups, the Center has often helped save these people lives.
The LGBT Center That Changed Our Lives|Justin Jones|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How has your experience been shaped by digital encounters and the social web?
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting|Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For James, wearing the shirt was “more of a shout-out to the family more than anything,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal.
‘I Can’t Breathe’ Makes It Onto the Court for Will and Kate to See|Jacob Siegel|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The caller mentioned my work, which focused primarily on consumer products, mobile apps, emerging start-ups, and web trends.
A Female Writer’s New Milestone: Her First Death Threat|Annie Gaus|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
"It is n't distressingly calm now," said the extra-strong frames—they were called web-frames—in the engine-room.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
The touch of the soft fabric reassured him: it was as soft as though woven of spider's web, and strong as fibres of steel.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various
These threads in the web of industry, which had shone that day for the first time, were the lives of two little children.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh
At first girders had solid or plate webs, but for spans over 100 ft. the web always now consists of bracing bars.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

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