Definition of "header"
- noun
The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
A brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing; compare stretcher.
A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
A machine that cuts the heads off of grain etc.
The act of hitting the ball with the head.
A headlong fall or jump.
The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
The first part of a packet, often containing its address and descriptors.
A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system.
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