the.com/header
The bouncer at the top of every page, deciding what gets in before you even scroll.
means The top section of a webpage or document that holds the logo, title, or navigation — the first thing announcing where you are.
from Simply 'head' plus '-er,' the same logic as 'heading.' 'Head' goes back to Old English 'heafod,' the literal top of the body, long used figuratively for the top of anything — a bed, a page, a company. 'Header' picked up its printing and web-design sense naturally: whatever sits at the head of the thing.
- http origin
- Precedes every response body, invisible unless broken
- soccer move
- Only legal way to hit a ball with your skull
- design rule
- Gets redesigned more than the content it introduces
- email trick
- Reveals the sender's real path, scammers hate this