Definition of a bread crumb

bread crumb    

noun

• in the user interface of a software product (including websites,) something that displays the locations that the user has recently viewed or visited.

  I think I saw that three screens back, but I can't remember how to get there. I really wish this program had bread crumbs.

  • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

  Last edited on Nov 12 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

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compy	Definitions include: "computer".
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IIRC	Definitions include: acronym for "if I recall correctly."
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screenie	Definitions include: "screenshot".
lapper	Definitions include: "laptop".
widget	Definitions include: a single element in a graphical user interface.
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ILY	Definitions include: acronym for "I love you."
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best thing since sliced bread, the	Definitions include: something excellent, useful, etc.
bread	Definitions include: money.
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bread box	Definitions include: vagina
brown bread	Definitions include: rhyming slang for "dead".
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nat bread	Definitions include: genital slime; coochie cheese.
white bread	Definitions include: bland, uninspired, boring, or insipid.
Worth Bread	Definitions include: having worth, or any contribution to society.
Other terms relating to 'crumb':
crumb bum	Definitions include: a fool.

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