"CSRF token" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: CSRF tokens [plural]
Etymology: Initialism of Cross-Site Request Forgery + token. Etymology templates: {{m|en|token}} token Head templates: {{en-noun}} CSRF token (plural CSRF tokens)
  1. (web development, computer security) A secret value added to a web form by the server and sent back by the user as part of a POST request, used to prevent cross-site request forgeries by making sure that the user sending the POST request has actually loaded the form. Wikipedia link: Cross-Site Request Forgery Categories (topical): Computer security, Programming, Web design Synonyms: anti-CSRF token, XSRF token
    Sense id: en-CSRF_token-en-noun-kwsFCMx~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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