need explanation about bookmarking

Question

I got stumbled upon this issue once and I guess I need some expertise in getting through this .." some links that one likes to bookmark ." I tried browsing and got confused. is bookmarking just means the use of CTRL + D. Or is ti something like the one in this link .

Answer 1

Bookmarking is storing the links somewhere. It can be a bookmark on your browser or even online something like StumbleUpen or Read It Later or even social bookmarking like sharethis.com

Answer 2

It can mean both, bookmarking generally means to add it to your favorites. Although, times they are a changing!

Answer 3

"Bookmarking" comes from marking a page in a book with a bookmark, i.e. a piece of paper or something you put between pages to remember that page. In the same way you can mark web pages to return to them later. This usually just means saving the URL of the page in the browser.

So called social bookmarking is a technique where the URL is not saved in the user's local browser, but on a service such as del.icio.us, so others can see what you have bookmarked.

The basic idea is to remember a page you were on for later reference, that's all it means.

Answer 4

It is same as with "plain old bookmarks": You somehow keep a reference to a certain page. But instead using some physical indicator (what is obviously not possible with the computer ;)) you store the URL somewhere for fast access (in a way it is writing down the page number of a book).