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web bugs

web bugs is the plural of web bug.

Meaning of web bug

Noun

web bug (plural web bugs)

  1. (Internet) A small, usually transparent image added by an advertiser to a webpage (to track its popularity) or email message (to track when it is read).
    • When a Web bug is programmed into a Web page, its code looks similar to the code for just about any graphic image appearing on that page.2002, John R. Levine, Ray Everett-Church, Greg Stebben, Internet Privacy For Dummies, Wiley, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    tag, tracking bug, tracking pixel, page tag, pixel tag, web beacon, web tag

Questions about web bugs

What is web bugs the plural of?
Web bugs is the plural of web bug.

Words near web bugs in the dictionary

  1. web beacon
  2. web beacons
  3. web browser
  4. web browsers
  5. web bug
  6. web bugs
  7. web celeb
  8. web celebs
  9. web chart
  10. web chat
  11. web chats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: web bugs (page history and authors); web bug (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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