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Favicon

A favicon is the small icon a browser shows in a tab, bookmark or history list to identify a website.

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It is usually supplied at several sizes, such as 16 × 16, 32 × 32 and 48 × 48 in an ICO file, plus a 180 × 180 touch icon for phones. Modern browsers also accept an SVG favicon.

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See also

  • Glossary SVG
    SVG (scalable vector graphics) is an XML-based image format that describes shapes rather than pixels, so it stays sharp at any size.
  • Glossary PNG
    PNG is a lossless image format with transparency, well suited to screenshots, logos and graphics with text or flat colours.
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