favicon

English

WOTD – 7 May 2011

Etymology

From the original filename used by Internet Explorer, "favicon.ico", a blend of favorites (“browser bookmarks”) +‎ icon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfævɪkɒn/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

favicon (plural favicons)

1. (web design) An icon associated with a particular website, and typically displayed in the address bar of a browser viewing the site.
   • 2000, PC Magazine, volume 19, numbers 19-20, page 127:

     The only way to restore a favicon is to delete the link from the Favorites folder and recreate it.

   • 2002, Ejub Kajan, Information technology encyclopedia and acronyms‎^[1], page 195:

     A free online favicon editor allows advanced webmasters to create their own favicons and use them during website development or maintenance.

   • 2006, Richard Wagner, Web Design Before & After Makeovers‎^[2], page 206:

     You, however, can do better by creating your own customized favicon for your Web site — just the thing you need to add that professional touch.

   • 2009, Steve Souders, Even Faster Web Sites‎^[3], page 158:

     Make sure to create a favicon. Since the browser will request this file anyway, there's no reason to return a 404 Page Not Found error, especially if your 404 handler consumes a database connection or other expensive resources.

   • 2009, Manny Hernandez, Ning for Dummies‎^[4], page 312:

     Favicons are those cute little icons that appear on your browser's address bar when you visit some sites.

   • 2010, Janet Majure, Teach Yourself Visually WordPress‎^[5], page 132:

     You can stick with the favicon provided by your Web host.
     Do not worry about pronouncing favicon correctly. There is no definitive pronunciation.

Related terms

• emoticon

Translations

icon for website

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最愛圖示／最爱图示 (zuì'àitúshì), 網頁圖示／网页图示 (wǎngyètúshì)

• Czech: favicon m
• Esperanto: favorikono
• Finnish: favicon, sivustokuvake
• French: favicon (fr), favicône (fr)
• German: Favicon (de) n
• Japanese: ファビコン (ja) (fabikon)
• Korean: 파비콘 (pabikon), 패비콘 (paebikon)
• Persian: تارنماک
• Portuguese: favicon (pt) m
• Slovak: favicon f, favikon f, favikona f
• Spanish: favicono
• Swedish: favicon (sv) c, adressikon (sv) c

See also

• favicon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Noun

favicon m (plural favicons)

1. (web design) favicon (icon for a website)