Referer
Origin
From English referrer.
Noun
referer
(plural referers)- Misspelling of referrer
- (Internet) the referring page; the URL that referred to a given page.
- 1996, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0The 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, 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, 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, The referer information can also be accessed as document.referrer within JavaScript.
Usage notes
Referer is the field name used in the HTTP protocol (RFC1945 and RFC2616). Originally a misspelling, it has gained currency from its use there and in related documents.