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favicon.ico is Microsoft ico file. Some browser support png and git format. Its size 16x16 or 32x32 pixel and 8-bit or 24-bit in color depth.

Browser searched for /favicon.ico in the root directory of website. Or as W3C HTML recommend use in <head> tag:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="http://example.com/image.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/gif" href="http://example.com/image.gif">

If more than one Web page shares the same shortcut icon, the shortcut icon is downloaded only once.

http://www.w3.org/2005/10/howto-favicon: How to Add a Favicon to your Site
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537656%28VS.85%29.aspx: How to Add a Shortcut Icon to a Web Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon: Wikipedia article

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