Meaning of header in English

(Definition of header from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of header from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of header

header
Subsequent lines, termed headers, give additional information, and are mostly optional.
Instead, the system is free to format protocol headers any way so long as all endpoints in a group use the same format.
The documents are not given in chronological order, nor are they provided as entry headers with parallel anniversary dates.
With the clearer chapter structure and headers now appearing on each page, we can navigate the book with relative comfort.
The paper discusses message-softening strateg ies such as the use of subject headers and final questions/comments.
At the destination, the headers are unmarshalled from the messages and passed to the layers.
By representing headers as regular data structures, protocols can leverage the same powerful language features, such as pattern matching and type checking, that are used for other data structures.
To prepare this corpus for our experiments, it was necessary to remove and record structural indications of article boundaries, which were standard e-mail headers and, frequently, authors' e-mail signatures.
At any time, an application can request a protocol change that results in the process group switching to an entirely different set of protocols and headers.
They state exactly which headers are added to a typical data message by the sender's stack and how the receiver's stack processes these headers in the respective layers.
Aspects, on the other hand, has a more open and 'practical' feel, and includes some pictures, written music and a more relaxed font for the titles and headers.
The headers are included in the routine inspection programme.
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While it could be argued that the composition of their content is a word-processing function, e-mail programs automatically generate a series of personalised database fields in their headers.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The problem is that people mistime headers.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Each section may define special clauses called header, footer, and separator.
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Translations of header

in Chinese (Traditional)
足球, 用頭頂球,頭球, 文本…
in Chinese (Simplified)
足球, 用头顶球,头球, 文本…
in Spanish
cabezazo, salto/caída de cabeza…
in Portuguese
cabeceada, cabeçada, mergulho…
in more languages
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in Danish
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coup de tête, plongeon…
kafa vuruşu, baş aşağı düşme…
kopbal, voorover vallen…
hlavička, pád (po hlavě)…
hovedstød, hovedspring…
sundulan, serudukan…
การใช้ศีรษะโหม่งลูกบอล, การหกล้มหัวทิ่ม…
cú đánh đầu, sự nhảy hoặc ngã đâm đầu xuống trước…
nagłówek, główka, skok na główkę…
nick, huvudhopp, dykning…
tandukan, junaman…
der Kopfball, der Kopfsprung…
nikk, skalle, stup…
удар головою, стрибок у воду вниз головою…
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