bookmark

/ˈbʊkmɑɹk/noun

A thin piece of paper, fabric, or other material placed between pages to keep your spot in a book.

Example sentence

“I slipped a bookmark between the pages before closing the novel.”

The browser verb is now the dominant use: you bookmark a page to return to it later.

Related words

hyperlinkA piece of text or an image on a screen that you can click to open another page or start an action.cookieA small, flat, sweet baked treat that may be crunchy or soft.domainAn area of activity, knowledge, or influence that belongs to a person or group.cacheA quick-access temporary store that keeps recently or often-used data so it does not have to be fetched again from a slower source.protocolAn agreed set of rules for sending and receiving data, especially between computers on a network.bufferingThe act of using a buffer, such as temporarily storing data before it is played or processed.