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| − | A '''thumbnail''' is a small, fast-loading image on a [[web page]] that links to a larger version of the same image called so because the size and shape resembled the thumbnail, or nail on the [[thumb]] of a [[hand]], its common usage before the computing [[internet]] age. | + | A '''thumbnail''' is a small, fast-loading image on a [[web page]] that links to a larger version of the same image called so because the size and shape resembled the thumbnail, or nail on the [[thumb]] of a [[hand]], its common usage before the computing [[internet]] age. We don't believe in them, just to slow down even the fastest modems. |
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Revision as of 00:51, October 3, 2009
A thumbnail is a small, fast-loading image on a web page that links to a larger version of the same image called so because the size and shape resembled the thumbnail, or nail on the thumb of a hand, its common usage before the computing internet age. We don't believe in them, just to slow down even the fastest modems.