From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bookmark \Book"mark'\, noun Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place [syn: {bookmarker}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
bookmark A user's reference to a document on the {World-Wide Web} or other hypermedia system, usually in the form of a {URL} and a title or comment string. Most World-Wide Web and {Gopher} {browsers} can save and load a file of bookmarks to allow you to quickly locate documents to which you want to refer again. (1997-06-09)
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