breadcrumbs

(After the story "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm).

<web>

1. Links displayed across the top of a web page listing the most recently visited pages so the reader can quickly jump back to one. Since this function is provided by the web browser, breadcrumbs are a waste of space.

A better use of the space is to display links to the page's logical parent pages in the information hierarchy.

<programming>

2. Information output by statements inserted into a program for debugging by printf.

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Last updated: 2007-03-07

Nearby terms:

Brazil ♦ BRB ♦ breadcrumbs ♦ breadth-first search ♦ break ♦ break-even point

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