Definition of Header. Meaning of Header. Synonyms of Header

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Definition of Header

Header
Header Head"er, n. 1. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading. 2. One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader. [R.] 3. (Arch.) (a) A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall. (b) In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces. 4. A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only. 5. A fall or plunge headforemost, as while riding a bicycle, or in bathing; as, to take a header. [Colloq.]

Meaning of Header from wikipedia

- header in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Header may refer to: Header (computing), supplemental data at the beginning of a data block E-mail header HTTP...
- header. Each email message has a header (the "header section" of the message, according to the specification), comprising a number of fields ("header...
- In typography and word processing, a page header (or simply header) is text that is separated from the body text and appears at the top of a printed page...
- precompiled headers may significantly reduce compilation time, especially when applied to large header files, header files that include many other header files...
- header and UDP data. The minimum length is 8 bytes, the length of the header. The field size sets a theoretical limit of 65,535 bytes (8-byte header +...
- An IP header is header information at the beginning of an Internet Protocol (IP) packet. An IP packet is the smallest message entity exchanged via the...
- unauthenticated) IPv4 header fields are DSCP/ToS, ECN, Flags, Fragment Offset, TTL and Header Checksum. In IPv6, the AH protects most of the IPv6 base header, AH itself...
- In information technology, header refers to supplemental data placed at the beginning of a block of data being stored or transmitted. In data transmission...
- A pin header (abbreviated as PH, or simply header) is a form of electrical connector. A male pin header consists of one or more rows of metal pins molded...
- HTTP header fields are a list of strings sent and received by both the client program and server on every HTTP request and response. These headers are...