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websafe

websafe adjective: of colours used in the design of a web page: not liable to be dithered on any system, thus appearing the same to all visitors to the website.

Adjective

websafe (not comparable)

  1. (Internet, historical) Of colours used in the design of a web page: not liable to be dithered on any system, thus appearing the same to all visitors to the website.
  2. (Internet) Belonging to a small set of fonts that are present on a wide range of computer systems, thus likely to appear the same to most visitors to a website.

Origin of websafe

From Web + safe.

Questions about websafe

What does websafe mean?
Websafe means of colours used in the design of a web page: not liable to be dithered on any system, thus appearing the same to all visitors to the website.
What part of speech is websafe?
Websafe is an adjective.

Words near websafe in the dictionary

  1. webroot
  2. webroots
  3. WebRTC
  4. webs
  5. webs of trust
  6. websafe
  7. webscale
  8. websearch
  9. websearches
  10. webseries
  11. webserver

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