web beacon

or Web beacon

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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anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
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Also called web bug.

Words nearby web beacon

weaver's hitch, weaverbird, web, web 2.0, web address, web beacon, web browser, web crawler, web design, web designer, web developer
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