A favicon (fav-i-con, short for favorites icon), is an icon associated with a particular website or webpage. A favicon is displayed in the adderss bar of the website and is also known as website icon. Favicon is a unique representation of the web site or the organization's logo, hence making the end user to easly identify the web URL in the bookmark list and tabbed documented interface. Favicon was first introduced as a Shortcut Icon by Microsoft for Internet Explorer 5 and is now a prominent fixture of web browsers such as Mozilla and Netscape.