Bookmarks

1. Paper or laminated slips meant to keep one's place in a printed work.

2. Pointers, primarily to URLs, built-in to the various Internet browsers. Bookmarks have been incorporated into every browser since Mosaic, and are always stored on the software client. A folder metaphor is used for organization. Various shareware utilities and server-side web utilities have been developed to better manage bookmarks, yet none has gained widespread acceptance.

Perhaps Wikipedians would care to share their personal bookmarks. Here's a start, for what it's worth...'' <>< tbc

• Tim Chambers/Bookmarks