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same-origin policies

same-origin policies is the plural of same-origin policy.

Meaning of same-origin policy

Noun

same-origin policy (plural same-origin policies)

  1. (Internet) A rule, in web browsers, that permits scripts contained in a first web page to access data in a second web page, but only if both web pages have the same origin (based on URI scheme, hostname, and port number), so as to prevent malicious scripts from accessing sensitive data through the Document Object Model.
    Synonyms:
    SOP

Questions about same-origin policies

What is same-origin policies the plural of?
Same-origin policies is the plural of same-origin policy.

Words near same-origin policies in the dictionary

  1. same-gender marriages
  2. same-gender-loving
  3. same-minded
  4. same-old same-old
  5. same-old, same-old
  6. same-origin policies
  7. same-origin policy
  8. same-sex
  9. same-sex marriage
  10. same-sex marriages
  11. same-sexer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: same-origin policies (page history and authors); same-origin policy (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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