web beacon

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web beacon

noun web beacons

Internet A web bug. The sole purpose of putting a Web beacon in a page is to cause a secondary transaction in order to set third-party cookies.

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@misc{web_beacon_2026,
  title = {web beacon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/web%20beacon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}