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Meaning of "referrer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REFERRER

referrer  [rɪˈfɜːrə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFERRER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Referrer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REFERRER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

HTTP referer

HTTP referer is an HTTP header field that identifies the address of the webpage that linked to the resource being requested. By checking the referer, the new webpage can see where the request originated. In the most common situation this means that when a user clicks a hyperlink in a web browser, the browser sends a request to the server holding the destination webpage. The request includes the referer field, which indicates the last page the user was on. Referer logging is used to allow websites and web servers to identify where people are visiting them from, for promotional or statistical purposes.

Definition of referrer in the English dictionary

The first definition of referrer in the dictionary is someone who hands over for consideration, reconsideration, or decision. Other definition of referrer is someone who directs for treatment to another doctor, usually a specialist. Referrer is also someone who directs to another agency or professional for a service.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REFERRER


burrer
ˈbɜːrə
conferrer
kənˈfɜːrə
deferrer
dɪˈfɜːrə
deterrer
dɪˈtɜːrə
inferrer
ɪnˈfɜːrə
precurrer
priːˈkɜːrə
preferrer
prɪˈfɜːrə
shit-stirrer
ˈʃɪtˌstɜːrə
stirrer
ˈstɜːrə
transferor
trænsˈfɜːrə
transferrer
trænsˈfɜːrə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REFERRER

reference book
reference library
reference mark
reference number
reference point
reference strip
referencer
referenda
referendary
referendum
referent
referential
referentiality
referentially
referrable
referral
referred
referred pain
referrible
referring

WORDS THAT END LIKE REFERRER

abhorrer
adventurer
assurer
bletherer
clearer
comparer
demurrer
Federer
Harrer
insurer
lecturer
manufacturer
marrer
retirer
schnorrer
sparrer
tourer
treasurer
wanderer
wayfarer

Synonyms and antonyms of referrer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «referrer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REFERRER

Find out the translation of referrer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of referrer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «referrer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

引用
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

referrer
570 millions of speakers

English

referrer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कहां से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المرجع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ссылающаяся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

referrer
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বলা ব্যথা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

referrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesakitan dirujuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Referrer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

リファラー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disebutake rasa sakit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giới thiệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறிப்பிடப்பட்ட வலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संदर्भित वेदना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

refere ağrı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

referrer
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wywołującej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

котра посилається
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

referrer
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραπομπής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

referrer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hänvisnings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

referent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of referrer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REFERRER»

The term «referrer» is very widely used and occupies the 6.769 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REFERRER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «referrer» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «referrer» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about referrer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFERRER»

Discover the use of referrer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to referrer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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JavaScript For Dummies
A referrer page is the Web page that a user loaded directly before loading your Web page. You can use JavaScript to determine the referring page at runtime — which is useful if you're keeping track of statistics. (Some programmers enjoy ...
Emily A. Vander Veer, 2004
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Web Analytics For Dummies
The. Danger. of. Referrer. Spam. If you have ever used e-mail, you are overly familiar with spam, that unsolicted e-mail with offers for everything from discounted Rolex watches to fake offers from bogus estate holders promising you millions of ...
Pedro Sostre, Jennifer LeClaire, 2007
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Australian Consumer Credit Legislation
25(4) [Exemption for ''referrer'' before 1 October 2010] A credit activity is exempted if: (a) a person (the referrer) engages in a credit activity before 1 October 2010; and (b) the activity consists only of: (i) the referrer informing another person (the ...
Australia, Cch, 2010
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Web Site Measurement Hacks: Tips & Tools to Help Optimize ...
Since the referrer exists only when a link is constructed from another site to yours, the referrer is one of the most exciting things to a marketer. The first time you see a list of referrers, you'll get very excited to see that people are linking to your ...
Eric T. Peterson, 2005
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SilverStripe: The Complete Guide to CMS Development
Listing 11.21 mysite/code/Page.php (excerpt) Rebuild the databases using http:// localhost/dev/build/ and a new database table for storing the referrer information will be ready for you to use. 11.6.2 Tracking Page Views Our next task is to figure  ...
Ingo Schommer, Steven Broschart, 2010
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Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics
Changing the Referrer Credited for a Goal Conversion in VI d Defining goals for your website is discussed in Chapter 7. By default, Google Analytics gives credit for a conversion to the last referrer a visitor used. For example, consider the ...
Brian Clifton, 2012
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Please Help Me With This Family: Using Consultants As ...
c. referrer does not take any responsibility for the proposed treatment plan; d. the referrer could have done the treatment just as well; e. the proposed treatment plan is incompatible with the frame of reference and/or possibilities of the ...
Maurizio Andolfi, Russell Haber, 2013
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Untangling the Web: The Nsa's Guide to Gathering Information ...
Usually, the value of the “referrer" field is the url of the page you last visited. The problem is that the http-referrer variable gives out more information. if you use a search engine to find a site and then click on that site, the http-referrer will provide ...
Nsa, 2013
9
Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems: ...
The page you were looking at when you requested Levy's home page (called the referrer URL, in HTTP parlance) contains numerous terms — data, integration, names other researchers, etc. — that provide valuable clues about your "true" ...
Peter Brusilovsky, Oliviero Stock, Carlo Strapparava, 2000
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Web Usage Analysis and User Profiling: International ...
(5.60%, 16.47%) Referrer=kdd | DocName=/products-capri.htm (22.53%, 66.27% ) Referrer=kdd | DocName=/products-emw.htm (0.93%, 15.91%) Referrer=kdd | DocName=/ , DocName=/products-capri.htm (2.40%, 40.91%) Referrer=kdd ...
Brij Masand, Myra Spiliopoulou, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFERRER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term referrer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bing To Encrypt Searches By Default & Referrer Data To Go Not …
He added, “with this change, you will still be able to see Bing as the origin (referrer) of the encrypted traffic, though analytics tools you are using to analyze your ... «Search Engine Land, Jun 15»
2
Google Knows About The Analytics Referrer Spam
Google Analytics Logo For months now, Google Analytics users have been complaining about referrer spam showing up in their analytics. This is an ongoing ... «Search Engine Roundtable, Jun 15»
3
Firefox Meta Referrer A Move Toward Browser Privacy
Mozilla has apparently decided to do something about it, and today announced a new feature called the meta referrer that changes the Referer header, putting ... «Threatpost, Jan 15»
4
HealthCare.gov Sends Personal Data to Dozens of Tracking Websites
The information is sent via the referrer header, which contains the URL of the page requesting a third party resource. The referrer header is an essential part of ... «EFF, Jan 15»
5
Chartbeat Shines A Light On Dark Social, Finds Missing Mobile …
Facebook doesn't set a referrer when a desktop user opens a link in a new tab. And Facebook's mobile app doesn't always set a referrer. Reddit on the desktop ... «Marketing Land, Dec 14»
6
Incapsula Flags Semalt Botnet for Hijacking Computers to Run a …
Referrer spam is done with the purpose of creating backlinks to a certain URL by abusing access logs that are available publicly. After vulnerable websites have ... «Softpedia, Sep 14»
7
Russian Search Engine Yandex Now 100% “Not Provided,” Blocks …
In December last year we started an experiment to encrypt text query in the Referrer, which gradually expanded. By February, the share encrypted data has ... «Search Engine Land, Jun 14»
8
Google AdWords Goes Not Provided: Referrer Data Gone For Paid …
What is changing is that the advertiser will not see the full referrer data, including the keyword string, passed through to their server. In short, when someone ... «Search Engine Roundtable, Apr 14»
9
Google On IE8 Drops SSL & Passes Full Referrer
Google Analytics & Internet Explorer 8 If you are using Internet Explorer 8 and go to Google, the default experience will not be over SSL and thus the referrer ... «Search Engine Roundtable, Mar 14»
10
IE8 Users Don't Get Forwarded To Google Secure Search
Webmasters may notice referrer data from IE8 visitors coming from Google turning on and off as a result of this work. Users of other IE versions are still sent to ... «Search Engine Land, Mar 14»

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