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cross-origin

cross-origin adjective: located outside or leaving the domain (origin) from where the active resource (e.g. a web page) was loaded from.

Adjective

cross-origin (not comparable)

  1. (computer security) Located outside or leaving the domain (origin) from where the active resource (e.g. a web page) was loaded from.
    Synonyms:
    cross-site

Synonyms of cross-origin

Questions about cross-origin

What does cross-origin mean?
Cross-origin means located outside or leaving the domain (origin) from where the active resource (e.g. a web page) was loaded from.
What part of speech is cross-origin?
Cross-origin is an adjective.

Words near cross-origin in the dictionary

  1. cross-multiplied
  2. cross-multiplies
  3. cross-multiply
  4. cross-multiplying
  5. cross-national
  6. cross-origin
  7. cross-over
  8. cross-overs
  9. cross-ownership
  10. cross-party
  11. cross-passage

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