crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening
a navigational tool used to display the path to the current page
a temporary trail, meant to show where you are in the overall scheme of things
A feature that presents a trail of where the reader has been in a hypertext. A "history" list is one sort of breadcrumb feature, and many websites provide breadcrumbs (see upper right corner of Chasing Our Tails) that show where the reader's current lexia sits in an intended hierarchy.
link to all levels of the hierarchy above the current location, showing the route a searcher has taken, and the context of the current page. Breadcrumbs allow users to backtrack and to move up the hierarchy. For example, RhinitisAllergic rhinitisPerennial allergic rhinitis (Hayfever).‘Breadcrumbs' is based on the story of Hansel and Gretel, who dropped bits of bread to make a trail to help them find their way out of the forest. (Not that it helped them, as the birds ate the crumbs!).
A breadcrumb is a navigation trail that leads from the user's current location in your web site, back to the home page. This is useful for larger web sites that have deeply nested pages or sections in their site. Example: Home All Categories Pre Sales Questions
On web pages, the link to all levels of the hierarchy above the current location, showing the route a searcher has taken, and the context of the current page.
Breadcrumb navigation shows the current page's location within the site's structure. In Moodle, the navigation breadcrumbs appear in the header bar.
Breadcrumbs or bread crumbs (regional variants: breading, crispies) are small particles of dry or very dry bread, which are used for breading foods, topping casseroles, stuffing poultry, thickening stews, and adding inexpensive bulk to meatloaves and similar dishes.
Breadcrumbs or breadcrumb trails are terms taken from the trail of bread crumbs left by Hansel and Gretel in the popular fairytale.