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Lighted beacons are called lights; unlighted beacons are called daybeacons. Classically, beacons are fires lit on hills or high places, used either as lighthouses for navigation at ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacons
Some investigators suggest that some of these beacons (the so called "cluster beacons") are actually radio propagation beacons for naval use. Space and satellite radio beacons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_beacon
The collection of this non personal information is done either through the "cookie" technology or with "web beacons" (also called "single-pixel gif" or "web ... http://www.pg.com/cookies.html
Web Beacons. Web pages may contain an electronic file called a web beacon, that allows a web site to count users who have visited that page or to access certain cookies. http://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/webbeacons/details.html
Cornell Astronomers Use Arecibo Observatory To Reveal Radio Beacons, Called OH Megamasers, That Yield Galactic Clues http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/06/010606073336.htm
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