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refback

refback noun: the use of the optional HTML referer header to obtain information about web pages or proxy servers bringing traffic to a web page.

Noun

refback (plural refbacks)

  1. (Internet) The use of the optional HTML referer header to obtain information about web pages or proxy servers bringing traffic to a web page.

Forms of refback

pluralrefbacks

Origin of refback

Blend of referer + back.

Questions about refback

What does refback mean?
Refback means the use of the optional HTML referer header to obtain information about web pages or proxy servers bringing traffic to a web page.
What part of speech is refback?
Refback is a noun.
What is the plural of refback?
The plural of refback is refbacks.

Words near refback in the dictionary

  1. refaunations
  2. refax
  3. refaxed
  4. refaxes
  5. refaxing
  6. refback
  7. refbacks
  8. refcode
  9. refcodes
  10. refcount
  11. refcounts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refback (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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