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A breadcrumb is display of the trail a site visitor took to arrive at the page. Breadcrumbs are commonly found on Web sites to help navigate the site. For example, a simple text breadcrumb such as Products->Monitors->Flat Panel shows that you arrived at this page by clicking Products, then Monitors, then Flat Panel.
This section also contains the following topics.
Sitemap Breadcrumbs versus History Breadcrumbs