Bookmark (digital)

In the context of the World Wide Web, a bookmark is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that is stored for later retrieval in any of various storage formats.

[3] Bookmark lists were called Hotlists in Mosaic[4] and in previous versions of Opera; this term has faded from common use.

Newer browsers have expanded the "bookmark" feature to include variations on the concept of saving links.

Mozilla Firefox introduced live bookmarks in 2004,[5] which resemble standard bookmarks but contain a list of links to recent articles supplied by a news site or weblog, which is regularly updated via RSS feeds; however, Mozilla removed this feature in 2018.

The list storage method varies, depending on the browser, its version, and the operating system on which it runs.

For data portability and interoperability, most modern Web browsers support importing from and exporting to the Netscape bookmarks.html format.

Beginning with Firefox 3, Mozilla Corporation began using SQLite in browser releases to store bookmarks, history, cookies, and preferences in a transactionally secure database.

Web developer Steve Kangas got the idea from the Netscape JavaScript Guide,[11] and coined the term bookmarklets in 1998.