I thought I coined this term, but a Google search reveals that it's already in use and with almost the same meaning I gave it. Universal bookmarks are bookmarks that any browser and machine can use. In contrast, the bookmarks saved by a particular browser stored on a specific computer can only be referenced later by the same browser and on the same computer. For example, let's assume that sometimes you run the Netscape browser and sometimes the Microsoft browser. From each browser, you will find websites whose locations you would like to save. If you use the browser's bookmark function to bookmark the background, those bookmarks you save when using the Microsoft browser will not be available later. For example, suppose you always use the Microsoft browser but sometimes do so from home and at work (at a guest house, a library, or even another computer in your own house). When using the Microsoft browser bookmark feature on your personal computer, any bookmarks you save will not be available to you from other locations, even if you use the same browser.