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HTTP referer

HTTP header field that identifies the address of the webpage that linked to the resource being requested
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HTTP referer

Summary

HTTP referer is a HTTP request header[1]. It draws 199 Wikipedia views per month (http_request_header category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • HTTP referer's instance of is recorded as HTTP request header[3].
  • HTTP referer's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0db8m_[4].
  • HTTP referer's represents is recorded as source entity[5].
  • HTTP referer's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/http-referer[6].
  • HTTP referer's has characteristic is recorded as misspelling[7].
  • HTTP referer's exact match is recorded as https://www.w3.org/2011/http-heaters#referer[8].
  • HTTP referer's CWE ID is recorded as 293[9].
  • HTTP referer's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778354704[10].
  • HTTP referer's Mozilla Developer Network article is recorded as Web/HTTP/Headers/Referer[11].

Why It Matters

HTTP referer draws 199 Wikipedia views per month (http_request_header category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . cwe.mitre.org. cwe.mitre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). HTTP referer. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/http-referer
MLA “HTTP referer.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/http-referer.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_http-referer_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{HTTP referer}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/http-referer}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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