A
favicon (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, most commonly 16×16
pixels, 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 will then make use of it. Browsers that provide favicon support typically display a page's favicon in the browser's
address bar (sometimes in the history as well) and next to the page's name in a list of
bookmarks. Browsers that support a
tabbed document interface typically show a page's favicon next to the page's title on the tab, and
site-specific browsers use the favicon as a
desktop icon.