frecency

frecency
 n.โ€” ยซRicher personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart bookmark folders, location bar that uses an algorithm based on site visit recency and frequency (called โ€œfrecencyโ€) to provide better matches against your history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download actions for file types.ยป โ€”โ€œFirefox 3 Beta 3 now available for download” Mozilla Developer Center Feb. 12, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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