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  What is Web beacon? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
Used in combination with cookies, a Web beacon is an often-transparent graphic image, usually no larger than 1 pixel x 1 pixel, that is placed on a Web site or in an e-mail that is used to monitor the behavior of the user visiting the Web site or sending the e-mail.
Web beacons are typically used by a third-party to monitor the activity of a site.
A Web beacon can be detected by viewing the source code of a Web page and looking for any IMG tags that load from a different server than the rest of the site.
www.webopedia.com /TERM/W/Web_beacon.html   (286 words)

  
 What is Web bug? - a definition from Whatis.com - see also: Web beacon, Web beaconing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
- A Web bug, also known as a Web beacon, is a file object (usually a graphic image such as a transparent GIF) that is placed on a Web page or in an e-mail message to monitor user behavior, functioning as a kind of spyware.
A Web bug is typically invisible to the user because it is transparent (matches the color of the page background) and takes up only a tiny amount of space.
Web beaconing is often used by spammers to validate e-mail addresses.
searchwebservices.techtarget.com /sDefinition/0,,sid26_gci341290,00.html   (352 words)

  
 Web beacon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Typically, a Web beacon is a small (usually 1x1 pixels) transparent gif image (or an image of the same color of the background) that is embedded in an HTML page, usually a page on the Web or the content of an e-mail.
When a user's web browser renders a webpage containing web beacons other information can be gathered by the web site, such as: the IP address of the requesting computer; time the material was viewed; the type of web browser that retrieved the web beacon image; and the existence of cookies previously set by that server.
Web beacons are used by e-mail marketers, including spammers, to verify that e-mail addresses are valid and that the content of e-mails is actually viewed by users.
www.santarosa.edu /~dpearson/mirrored_pages/wikipedia.org/Web_bug.htm   (1286 words)

  
 Beacon Funding
Beacon Funding respects the privacy rights of their visitors and other individuals who visit the Beacon Funding Web site.
Beacon Funding logs IP addresses and domain names as part of its efforts to monitor site usage, including the number of visits to our site, the average time spent on our site and the number of pages viewed.
Beacon Funding takes steps that it believes to be reasonable and consistent with customary business practice to protect the information under our control from loss, misuse and alteration.
www.beaconfunding.com /policy/privacypolicy.aspx   (1016 words)

  
 The Beacon School, NYC
The Beacon School was one of the schools identified within their investigation.
Beacon was rewarded with the top seed in the "A" bracket for the upcoming playoffs.
Beacon was ranked 6th in the state in the latest NSCAA poll.
beaconschool.org   (612 words)

  
 Web Beacons/Web Bugs/Clear Gifs & Other Tools Explained - All About Cookies
Web beacons, also called web bugs and clear GIFs are used in combination with cookies to help people running websites to understand the behaviour of their customers.
A web beacon is typically a transparent graphic image (usually 1 pixel x 1 pixel) that is placed on a site or in an email.
Web pages and graphical emails use presentation code that tells your computer what to do when a page is opened.
www.allaboutcookies.org /web-beacons   (414 words)

  
 Beacon Investment Management > Policies
Web sites we link to may have different privacy practices from the ones described here for www.beaconinvest.com.
Beacon tends to vote non-shareholder value issues in alignment with management’s recommendations, if there is no conflict with shareholder value.
Beacon and its employees may also occasionally have business or personal relationships with other proponents of proxy proposals, participants in proxy contests or corporate directors.
www.beaconinvest.com /Policies/tabid/58/Default.aspx   (1611 words)

  
 Web bug - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Web bug is 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.
Originally, a Web bug was a small (usually 1×1 pixel) transparent GIF image (or an image of the same color of the background) that is embedded in an HTML page, usually a page on the Web or the content of an e-mail.
Web bugs are used by e-mail marketers, spammers and phishers, to verify that e-mail addresses are valid, that the content of e-mails has made it past the spam filters, and that the e-mail is actually viewed by users.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Web_beacon   (1424 words)

  
 Chicago Sun-Times :: About Us ::
Web site usage information is non-identifying information that describes how our visitors use and navigate this Web Site, and it includes the number and frequency of visitors to each web page and the length of their stays.
Web beacons are typically very small (generally 1-by-1 pixel) and invisible to the user, but, in general, any electronic image viewed as part of a web page or e-mail message, including an advertisement or HTML content, can act as a web beacon.
We may use web beacons for a number of purposes, such as to count visitors to our web pages or to monitor how our users navigate this Web Site, and we may include web beacons in e-mail newsletters in order to count how many newsletters (or particular articles, links, etc.) we sent were actually opened.
www.suntimes.com /aboutus/privacy.static   (2729 words)

  
 Beacon Investment Management > Contact Us
Beacon Investment Management reserves the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which the Beacon Investment Management Web Site is offered, including but not limited to the charges associated with the use of the Beacon Investment Management Web Site.
Beacon Investment Management is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Beacon Investment Management of the site or any association with its operators.
Beacon Investment Management reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Beacon Investment Management's sole discretion.
www.beaconinvest.com /ContactUs/tabid/60/ctl/Terms/Default.aspx   (1446 words)

  
 Web bug - a Whatis.com definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A Web bug, also known as a Web beacon, is a file object (usually a graphic image such as a transparent GIF) that is placed on a Web page or in an e-mail message to monitor user behavior, functioning as a kind of spyware.
A Web bug is typically invisible to the user because it is transparent (matches the color of the page background) and takes up only a tiny amount of space.
Web beaconing is often used by spammers to validate e-mail addresses.
whatis.techtarget.com /gDefinition/0,294236,sid26_gci341290,00.html   (318 words)

  
 TOAD Web Sites - Florida Web Designers - Web Site Design
Web Beacons are also called Web bugs or pixel tags, or a clear GIF.
Web Beacons are often used in combination with Cookies.
A Web beacon is usually a transparent graphic image, no larger than 1 pixel x 1 pixel, which is placed on a Web site or in an e-mail that is used to monitor the behavior of the user visiting the Web site or reading the e-mail.
www.toadwebsites.com /florida-company-privacy-policy.htm   (660 words)

  
 Web-Beacon Family Directory
Below, and on associated pages, you will find helpful information about becoming a Web Beacon Editor and about the role editors plays in our virtual community.
Together, we are making a directory by organizing high quality sites for the world to use.
As pointed out, we are all volunteers helping to organize information on the Internet and make the World Wide Web a better place.
www.web-beacon.com /DIR/editors_joinus.php?c=1   (464 words)

  
 BEACON - Historical Photo of the Month - March 2007
A low-power, light-weight transmitting beacon was towed by a helicopter at about 10,000 feet, simulating the flight of a satellite in the distance and over the test site.
A 450-foot nylon rope separated the beacon from the helicopter, to minimize any effects on the experiment.
The beacon was similar in size and shape to components used less than two years later on Explorer I. Next month's Historical Photo will show further tests of tracking stations in Earthquake Valley.
beacon.jpl.nasa.gov /Histphotos/hpom/HistPhoto.htm   (256 words)

  
 Hosting Services > Managed Web Hosting :: Beacon Technologies, Inc.
Managed web hosting services are becoming more and more popular as companies learn that it's much easier to turn over their IT needs to professionals who have the experience and manpower that it takes to keep a web site up and running.
Beacon provides services such as domain name registration and renewals, web analytic software, FTP accounts, and much more.
At Beacon, our team of IT experts have been in the field long enough to know that customer service is as important as technical performance.
www.beacontechnologies.com /hosting-services/managed.asp   (416 words)

  
 AE6RT Beacon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Beacon therefore speaks to radio weather as much as it speaks to DX operating.
Beacon is a Java™ application, and therefore runs without modification or recompilation on Linux™, Mac OS X™, Solaris™ and Microsoft Windows™.
Beacon is a hobbyist application, written for pure amusement.
petrovic.org /Beacon   (197 words)

  
 The Internet Beacon Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After all, there are hundreds of awards out there for web sites -- some of them very distinguished, some of them respectable, some of them with only minimal criteria, and some that are just giveaways -- not really "awards" at all.
Still other sites were built to spread illegal or illicit materials, or to use the Web as a bully pulpit to spread hatred.
If you are unsuccessful in winning an Internet Beacon Award, you are welcome to re-apply no sooner than 90 days after your last application if you have made improvements to your site.
home.earthlink.net /~velderkin/beaconaward.htm   (510 words)

  
 IBM Privacy - Pakistan
A cookie is a piece of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your computer as an anonymous tag that identifies your computer but not you.
If you turn off cookies, Web beacon and other technologies will still detect visits to these pages, but the notices they generate cannot be associated with other non-identifiable cookie information and are disregarded.
An invitation to visit one of these Web sites is usually presented as a personalised URL in an e-mail, a notice on a Web site registration page, or as a response to you logging on to a certain Web site.
www.ibm.com /privacy/details/pk   (2329 words)

  
 Atlanta Web Site Design Services
This approach fosters communication between Beacon Designs and its clients and is particularly appropriate when considering how far web design has progressed in the past few years, and how much an effective design can accomplish.
Each Beacon Design Web Site is produced to the highest standards with all the elements on the page contributing to control of the layout.
Beacon Designs always advises potential clients to make the choice of design teams based on the comfort level of their communications.
www.beacondesign.net /national/atlanta.htm   (281 words)

  
 Network Advertising Initiative   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There may or may not be a visible graphic image associated with the Web beacon and often the image is designed to blend into the background of a Web page or email.
Web beacons can be used for many purposes - including site traffic reporting, unique visitor counts, advertising auditing and reporting, and personalization.
In such cases, the data collected through the Web beacon may be linked to the recipient's email address or other information identifying the recipient.
www.networkadvertising.org /consumer/faqs.asp   (1129 words)

  
 NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Project - Transmission Schedule
A transmission consists of the callsign of the beacon sent at 22 words per minute followed by four one-second dashes.
A new open source project is underway to create a series of Automatic Beacon Monitoring Stations which will eventually display reception reports for the beacons on the web.
Whether you are interested in building a beacon or just enjoy exchanging reception reports with other beacon enthusiasts, you should subscribe to this mailing list.
www.ncdxf.org /Beacon/BeaconSchedule.html   (511 words)

  
 beacon - web design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
However, the process of creating a successful web site is not a simple one; there is a vast array of considerations that must be taken into account.
A web site must be more than just graphics and filler because no one wants to waste his or her time on a site without content.
A web site is intended to be more than just a brochure on the web and, as such, users must be able to respond to the site in some way.
www.beaconii.com /Design/internet.html   (354 words)

  
 IBM Privacy - Ireland
Depending on the type of IBM Web site you are visiting, one or more of the paragraphs may apply.
If you visit one of these sites, you may find it customized with references to products and/or services that we believe may be of interest to you, based on your previous interactions with IBM and information you have provided to us.
An invitation to visit one of these Web sites is usually presented as a personalized URL in an e-mail, a notice on a Web site registration page, or as a response to you logging on to a certain Web site.
www.ibm.com /privacy/details/ie   (2329 words)

  
 HP Use of cookies and Web beacons
A Web beacon is an electronic image, called a single-pixel (1x1) or clear GIF.
Web beacons can recognize certain types of information on a visitor's computer, such as a visitor's cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page where the Web beacon is placed.
If you view a Web page where HP ads appear, the online media company may place a cookie or Web beacon on your computer.
welcome.hp.com /country/us/en/privacy/cookies_beacons.html   (533 words)

  
 NLANR/DAST : Multicast Beacon v1.3
This means that the Beacon project has moved from being a project under active development by the NLANR/DAST staff to being a user-supported project via user-contributed code and patches.
The NLANR/DAST Multicast Beacon is a multicast diagnostic tool written in Perl which uses the RTP protocol (RFC3550) to provide useful statistics and diagnostic information about a given multicast group's connectivity characteristics.
Central Jitter is the reported Jitter between two Beacons in the current multicast group, sent via TCP unicast back to the Central Server for the group.
dast.nlanr.net /projects/beacon   (3001 words)

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