referer

See also référer

English

Etymology

From English referrer, mistaken spelling.

Noun

Wikipedia referer (plural referers)

1. Common misspelling of referrer.
2. (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.

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

• rerefer

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Old French

Verb

referer

1. to tell; to talk about; to speak of
   • Capitolin refere que Zenobie ne vouloit qu'on luy touchast (G. Bouchet)

Conjugation

• 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, referez
gerund		en referant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		referant
past participle		referé, referez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	refere, refer	referes, refers	refere, refer	referons	referez, referés	referent
	imperfect	referoe, refereie, referoie	referoes, refereies, referoies	referot, refereit, referoit	referions, referiions	referiez, referiiez	referoent, referient, referoient
	past historic	referai	referas	refera	referames	referastes	refererent
	future	refererai	refereras	referera	refererons	refererez, referereiz	refereront
	conditional	refereroe, referereie, refereroie	refereroes, referereies, refereroies	refererot, referereie, refereroie	refererions, refereriions	refereriez, refereriiez	refereroent, referereient, refereroient
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 past historic 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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	refere, refer	referes, refers	refere, refer	referons	referez	referent
	imperfect	referasse	referasses	referast	referissons	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, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	refere	—	referons	referez	—

Descendants

• English: refer