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名詞

referer (plural referers)

1. Misspelling of referrer.
2. (Internet) Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”).
   • 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.

   • 2001, Jennifer Niederst Robbins, Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 278:

     If a referring URL was specified, for each valid referer, make sure that a valid referring URL was passed to FormMail

   • 2007, Ben Fry, Visualizing Data, page 253:

     The referer portion of a logfile line contains the full URL of the page or object visited before the current one.

   • 2007, Tiara Yule, The Illustrated Dictionary of Internet, page 74:

     The referer information can also be accessed as document.referrer within JavaScript.

使用する際の注意点

Referer is the field name used in the HTTP standard (RFC1945 and RFC2616). Originally a misspelling, it has gained currency from its use there, and in related documents and software.

派生語

アナグラム

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