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  • noun Common misspelling of referrer.
  • noun Internet the referring page; the URL that referred to a given page.

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From English referrer, mistaken spelling.

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  • The misspelling referer originated in the original proposal by computer scientist Phillip Hallam-Baker to incorporate the field into the HTTP specification. The misspelling was set in stone by the time of its incorporation into the standards document Request for Comments (RFC) 1945; document co-author Roy Fielding has remarked that neither "referrer" nor the misspelling "referer" were recognized by the standard Unix spell checker of the period. "Referer" has since become a widely used spelling in the industry when discussing HTTP referrers; usage of the misspelling is not universal, though, as the correct spelling of "referrer" is used in some web specifications such as the Document Object Model.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referrer

    August 2, 2011