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Often during a TV show or a movie you will hear someone saying 'they have left behind a breadcrumb trail' when talking about hackers or someone accessing a computer system. A breadcrumb trail is simply a navigation path so in the context of a TV show talking about hackers, it's just another way of saying they have left a record of their navigation.
Breadcrumbs are used is virtually every computer language. You see them being used by your Windows operating system, many websites use them for easy navigation. To help you understand, here is a visual breadcrumb trail that you've probably seen in many places without knowing what it is:
Home >> portfolio >> Gallery >> Photos >> Me.jpg
The above is the most simplest way to explain a breadcrumb. Try to think of it as a hirachy of pages with the first page being 'Home' which leads onto the portfolio page, then onto the gallery page, next onto the list of 'Photos' and finally the photo itself. One page leading onto the next, the above visual presentation of this is a breadcrumb trail.
If you use the Windows operating system, you will see a breadcrumb trail at the top of any window you open. I've just opened a folder on my desktop called 'trainers' and at the top of this folder window here is the navigational breadcrumb trail:
C:\Users\Richard\Desktop\Trainers
Computer programmers will always use a breadcrumb to tell an application where to go and how to get there.
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When was Breadcrumb Trail created?
Breadcrumb Trail was created on 2002-01-26.
What feature is a list of links you've visited within a website?
breadcrumb trail
What is a breadcrumb trail on the computer?
a file path descriptor, showing your location in the file structure
What is the meaning of 'breadcrumbs' when referring to the Internet?
Breadcrumb trailWhen referring to the Internet and/or web pages, a breadcrumb trail is a listing of pages often located at the top of the page that helps a user see where they currently are located and how to get back. Below is an example of what a breadcrumb trail may look like for this page.Computer Hope - Dictionary - B Definitions - Breadcrumb trailAs can bee seen from the above example, you can trace your tracks of how you may arrive at the breadcrumb trail definition on Computer Hope.
What does the website breadcrumb offer?
The website Breadcrumbs offers a breadcrumb trail for all pages on a website. It is mainly used to give users a secondary means of navigating a website.
What are the release dates for Breadcrumb Trail - 2014?
Breadcrumb Trail - 2014 was released on: USA: 11 March 2014 (Los Angeles, California) USA: 14 March 2014 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) USA: 20 March 2014 (San Francisco, California)
What actors and actresses appeared in Breadcrumb Trail - 2014?
The cast of Breadcrumb Trail - 2014 includes: Steve Albini as himself Todd Brashear as himself Ian MacKaye as himself Brian McMahan as himself Jason Noble as himself David Pajo as himself Corey Rusk as himself Britt Walford as himself David Yow as himself
What is a crumb trail in computing?
A crumb trail, breadcrumb trail or simply breadcrumbs, is a metaphor based upon the Hansel & Gretel fairy tale, whereby they children leave a trail of breadcrumbs so that they can find their way home after their poverty-stricken parents try to abandon them in the woods. In computing, just as in Hansel & Gretel, a breadcrumb is a navigational aid. It helps you find your way back from whence you came. Breadcrumbs initially appeared on the Internet. Many websites (including answers.com) placed breadcrumbs at the top and/or bottom of the page to give a clear indication of where you are within the website's folder hierarchy, and allow you to backtrack to any depth more easily than you could by other navigational methods. Breadcrumbs are also found in most operating systems these days, including Microsoft Windows. For instance, suppose you open an explorer window and navigate your way to the following folder on the C: drive: C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Temp In the address bar, you will see the breadcrumb, which looks something like this: Computer ► C: ► Users ► Default ► AppData ► Local ► Temp The breadcrumb is fully-interactive, thus you can click on any name (such as Default) and be taken there directly. Or you can click the ► arrows after a folder name to see a drop down list of all the folders it contains, and navigate to them directly from there. The breadcrumb does not replace the more traditional navigation methods, but it is more intuitive than simply displaying the path name as it used to do.
What was the length of the trail?
What trail, you have to be more specific, jeeez, im only a computer!
How do you egg and breadcrumb?
It's usually 'flour, egg then breadcrumb' in that order. First coat the thing in seasoned flour, then dip in beaten egg, then coat in breadcrumbs. Repeat once. Then cook.
Why a SiteMapPath control is referred to as breadcrumb or eyebrow navigation control?
The SiteMapPath control displays a hierarchical path to the root Web page of the Web site. Therefore, it is known as the breadcrumb or eyebrow navigation control.
Where did the breadcrumb based dish Panko originate?
The breadcrumb based dish Panko originated in Japan. The craze began with the Japanese dish of fried pork called tonkatsu, which was originally most likely based on Wiener schnitzel.
