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referer
referer
See also: référer
English
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/1.0
- 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.
- 1996, T. Berners-Lee, R. Fielding, H. Frystyk, Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.0
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.
Anagrams
Old French
Verb
referer
- to tell; to talk about; to speak of
- Capitolin refere que Zenobie ne vouloit qu'on luy touchast (G. Bouchet)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of referer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | referer | avoir referé | |||||
| gerund | en referant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | referant | ||||||
| past participle | referé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | refer | referes | refere | referons | referez | referent |
| imperfect | referoie, refereie, referoe, refereve | referoies, refereies, referoes, refereves | referoit, refereit, referot, refereve | referiiens, referiens | referiiez, referiez | referoient, refereient, referoent, referevent | |
| preterite | referai | referas | refera | referames | referastes | refererent | |
| future | refererai | refereras | referera | refererons | refereroiz, referereiz, refererez | refereront | |
| conditional | refereroie, referereie | refereroies, referereies | refereroit, referereit | refereriiens, refereriens | refereriiez, refereriez | refereroient, referereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | refer | refers | refert | referons | referez | referent |
| imperfect | referasse | referasses | referast | referissons, referissiens | referissoiz, referissez, referissiez | referassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | refere | — | referons | referez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: refer