Dictionary

referer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹəˈfɜːɹə(ɹ)/

Meanings

1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of referrer.
   alt of referrer
2. (Internet, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”).
   alt of referrer
   • The Referer field must not be sent if the Request-URI was obtained from a source that does not have its own URI, such as input from the user keyboard. 1996, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0:
   • The referer portion of a logfile line contains the full URL of the page or object visited before the current one. 2007, Ben Fry, Visualizing Data, page 253:
   • If a referring URL was specified, for each valid referer, make sure that a valid referring URL was passed to FormMail 2001, Jennifer Niederst Robbins, Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 278:
   • The referer information can also be accessed as document.referrer within JavaScript. 2007, Tiara Yule, The Illustrated Dictionary of Internet, page 74:

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refback