Header
nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026
A header is the extra information in a packet that is needed for the protocol stack to process the packet.
polysemousSANS Glossary of Security Terms
Senses
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a headlong jump or fall
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(soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head
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a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon
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a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters
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brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
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horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window
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a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
—90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- synonym
- copecopingheadheadinglintel
- plural
- Headers
- possessive
- Header's
- pluralpossessive
- Headers'