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Favicon

A favicon (/ˈfæv.ɪˌkɒn/; short for favorite icon), also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons associated with a particular website or web page. A web designer can create such an icon and upload it to a website (or web page) by several means, and graphical web browsers…

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History

Examples of favicons

Browser implementation

Limitations and criticism

Multiple resolutions

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Map overview Semantic statistics

Favicon

Nodes70
Edges69
Triples63
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
Components1

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Favicon

Top relations

related to Standardization · 10
Favicon → However, HTML, HTML5, IANA, In, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Internet Explorer, MIME, RFC, The
related to history · 8
Favicon → In March, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer's, It, Microsoft, Originally, This, URL
related to Multiple resolutions · 6
Favicon → Android, For, It's, Nowadays, Probably, SVG
related to How to use · 5
Favicon → Chromium, Firefox, Safari, The, This
related to Limitations and criticism · 5
Favicon → Due, Internet Explorer, It, The, The W3C
related to Image file format support · 4
Favicon → Additionally, Microsoft Windows, The, The ICO
related to SVG favicons · 4
Favicon → Further SVG, It's, SVG, Today
related to Animated favicons · 3
Favicon → Firefox, Opera, Various
related to External links · 3
Favicon → FaviconSystems, Methods Involving Favicons, W3C
related to Legacy · 3
Favicon → ICO, Internet Explorer, Netscape

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Important terminology

web icon file browsers icons favicons website use support internet page display home screen devices explorer microsoft firefox link shortcut

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Google Chromeinstance ofMany browsers0.80text
Microsoft Edgeinstance ofMany browsers0.80text
Opera are based on Chromiuminstance ofMany browsers0.80text
Firefoxinstance ofthese favicons are ignored.Animated faviconsVarious browsers0.80text
Opera support animation of faviconsinstance ofthese favicons are ignored.Animated faviconsVarious browsers0.80text
Firefoxinstance ofAnimated faviconsVarious browsers0.80text
Opera support animation of faviconsinstance ofAnimated faviconsVarious browsers0.80text
shortcut icon that are also accepted by the user agent.Favicons are often manipulated as part of phishing or eavesdropping attacks against HTTPS web pagesinstance ofso there are other keywords0.80text
sslstrip utilize this trickinstance ofAutomated man-in-the-middle attack tools0.80text
Microsoft .icoinstance ofincluding container formats0.80text
Macintosh .icns filesinstance ofincluding container formats0.80text
as well as Scalable Vector Graphics may be provided by including the icon's content type in the formattypeinstance ofincluding container formats0.80text

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