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The name for a small icon used in Internet Explorer (version 5 and higher) to identify a favorite or a bookmark. When users visit certain Web sites, you may see a "favicon" in the browser address bar next to the URL, and in your list of favorites next to the title of the Web site you've bookmarked. Favicons act as a branded icon as these small images...
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