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Property list files use the filename extension.plist, and thus are often referred to as p-list files. Property list files are often used to store a user's settings. They are also used to store information about bundles and applications , a task served by the resource fork in the old Mac OS.
APPREF-MS – File shortcut format used by ClickOnce; NAL – ZENworks Instant shortcut (opens a .EXE not on the C:\ drive) URL – INI file pointing to a URL bookmarks/Internet shortcut in Microsoft Windows; WEBLOC – Property list file pointing to a URL bookmarks/Internet shortcut in macOS; SYM – Symbolic link
Similarly, an Internet shortcut allows the user to open a page, file or resource located at a remote Internet location or Web site. Shortcuts are typically implemented as a small file containing a target URI or GUID to an object , or the name of a target program file that the shortcut represents.
Bookmarks are called favorites or Internet shortcuts in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge, and by virtue of that browser's large market share, these terms have been synonymous with bookmark since the First Browser War. [1] Bookmarks are normally accessed through a menu in the user's web browser, and folders are commonly used for organization.
Wikipedia's favicon, shown in Firefox. A favicon (/ ˈ f æ v. ɪ ˌ k ɒ n /; short for favorite icon), also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons [1] associated with a particular website or web page.
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For example, by associating the shortcut "!w" with Wikipedia, "!w cake" can be entered into the address bar to navigate directly to the Wikipedia article for cake. This feature is standardised for users of the search engine DuckDuckGo as "bangs". Web browsers often include a feature called Smart Bookmarks. In this feature, the user sets a ...
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