Header (computing)
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header-computing-167-18492086
title:
Header (computing)
text:
In information technology, header refers to supplemental data placed at the beginning of a block of data being stored or transmitted. In data transmission, the data following the header is sometimes called the payload or body. It is vital that header composition follows a clear and unambiguous specification or format, to allow for parsing.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Information at the beginning of data which describes or defines the data
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Header_(computing)
date created:
2004-02-16T20:51:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T15:54:30Z
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