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web beacon

or Web beacon

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.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of web beacon1

First recorded in 2000–05

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