A tiny image (often transparent), that is placed on a website or in an email, for tracking purposes. Beacons are used to monitor the behavior of the user visiting the website or sending the email. The mc² website does not used web beacons. See also: cookies Webcam Small digital camera attached to a computer that can upload (send) images to the web (via FTP). If you mount a webcam on your PC, you can set it to send a series of images to a webpage (e.g. a fresh shot every 20 seconds), so people can view you "live". As well as sending a series of static shots, Webcams can also stream live video, e.g. as a webcast, but this chews up more bandwidth. Software is needed to install a webcam on your computer, e.g. Chillcam. You can view more Webcam info on the mc² Webcam page
a line of code which is used by a Web site or third party ad server to track a user's activity, such as a registration or conversion. A Web beacon is often invisible because it is only 1 x 1 pixel in size with no color. Also known as Web bug, 1 by 1 GIF, invisible GIF and tracker GIF.
a clear, single- pixel image (GIF) placed on a Web page
a file, usually a transparent image file, that gathers information about which Web pages you visit
a graphic image (such as a pixel tag or clear GIF) that is placed on a web page or in an e-mail message to monitor user activity (such as whether the web page or e-mail message is read or clicked)
a graphic image that links to an external Web server
a graphic on a web page or in an e-mail message designed to track pages viewed and messages opened
an electronic image, also called a single-pixel or clear GIF, placed in the code of a Web page
an electronic image (a single-pixel, transparent GIF image) positioned on a web page that is used to check if a certain page has been visited or not and to draw up anonymous and cumulative statistics on website use
an electronic image (typically a single-pixel clear GIF) that may be used on a web page to allow a web site to count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies
an invisible graphic on a web page that is programmed to collect non-personally identifiable information about your use of our sites
an object that is embedded in a Web page or e-mail and is usually invisible to the user but allows checking that a user has viewed the page or e-mail
an object that is embedded in a Web page or email and is usually invisible to the user but allows tracing the browsing behaviour of the user
an often-transparent graphic image that is placed on a site (or in an e-mail) and when used in combination with cookies, can monitor the behaviour of the user visiting the site (or sending the e-mail)
a programming code that can be used to display an image on a web page, but can also be used to transfer your unique user identification to a database and associate you with previously acquired information about an individual in a database
a small, graphic image on a Web page, Web-based document or in another electronic document (i
a small graphic image placed on a web page that is designed to allow us to monitor visitors to our site
a small graphic image that is placed on a page or in an email which is used to the behaviour of the user
a small image we place in our Web-based e-mail communications
a small string of code that represents a clear graphic image and is used in conjunction with a cookie
a small, transparent image placed at various sections of our site to monitor user traffic
a technology that records web page usage statistics
a tiny graphical element (clear gif) with a unique identifier that is used to track a users movement
a very small pixel which is invisible to the user
A small image in an HTML page with all dimensions set to 1 pixel. Because of its insignificant size, it is not visible; but it is used to pass certain information anonymously to third-party sites. Mainly used by advertisers. Can also be referred to as a Web Bug or an Invisible GIF.
A transparent image stored in a web-page or e-mail that is used to track your activities and send the information to a central database. They are used to manage multiple cookies. Web beacons are also known as web bugs and clear GIFs. E-mail web beacons can track what you do on the host web-page or e-mail to form a picture of you and your preferences. Based on the information recovered using web beacons about your interests and preferences, the content of cookies will be managed. The end purpose is to personalize the content shown to you by the website.
