"referer" meaning in English

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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "referrer"
        }
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        "Misspelling of referrer."
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "the referring URL",
          "word": "referrer"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "21 79",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1996, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Jennifer Niederst Robbins, Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 278:",
          "text": "If a referring URL was specified, for each valid referer, make sure that a valid referring URL was passed to FormMail",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ben Fry, Visualizing Data, page 253:",
          "text": "The referer portion of a logfile line contains the full URL of the page or object visited before the current one.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Tiara Yule, The Illustrated Dictionary of Internet, page 74:",
          "text": "The referer information can also be accessed as document.referrer within JavaScript.",
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        }
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        "Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɹəˈfɜːɹə(ɹ)/"
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  "wikipedia": [
    "HTTP referer"
  ],
  "word": "referer"
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    "Pages with entries"
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          "extra": "the referring URL",
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        }
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        "English terms with quotations",
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        "en:Internet"
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        {
          "ref": "1996, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Jennifer Niederst Robbins, Web Design in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 278:",
          "text": "If a referring URL was specified, for each valid referer, make sure that a valid referring URL was passed to FormMail",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ben Fry, Visualizing Data, page 253:",
          "text": "The referer portion of a logfile line contains the full URL of the page or object visited before the current one.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
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          "text": "The referer information can also be accessed as document.referrer within JavaScript.",
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        "Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”)"
      ],
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          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
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        ]
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        "(Internet) Alternative form of referrer (“the referring URL”)"
      ],
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        "Internet",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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  ],
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