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noun
- (misspelling of, referrer)
- (internet) the referring page; the URL that referred to a given page; this is the field name used in the HTTP protocol.
- 1996: T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
- : 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.
Etymology: From English referrer, mistaken spelling
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