Header
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Header may refer to:
Computers and engineering
Construction
Sports
Other uses
Computers and engineering
- Header (computing), supplemental data at the beginning of a data block
- E-mail header
- HTTP header
- Header fileHeader fileSome programming languages use header files. These files allow programmers to separate certain elements of a program's source code into reusable files. Header files commonly contain forward declarations of classes, subroutines, variables, and other identifiers...
, a text file used in computer programming (especially in C and C++) - A mainly male style of electrical connectorElectrical connectorAn electrical connector is an electro-mechanical device for joining electrical circuits as an interface using a mechanical assembly. The connection may be temporary, as for portable equipment, require a tool for assembly and removal, or serve as a permanent electrical joint between two wires or...
on printed circuit boards, including motherboardMotherboardIn personal computers, a motherboard is the central printed circuit board in many modern computers and holds many of the crucial components of the system, providing connectors for other peripherals. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple...
s, providing links to external devices - Exhaust manifoldExhaust manifoldIn automotive engineering, an exhaust manifold collects the exhaust gases from multiple cylinders into one pipe. The word manifold comes from the Old English word manigfeald and refers to the folding together of multiple inputs and outputs.In contrast, an inlet manifold is the part of an engine...
, in automotive design
Construction
- Lintels (headers), structural members in light-frame construction which run perpendicular to floor and ceiling joists, "heading" them off to create an opening
- Lintel (architecture)Lintel (architecture)A lintel can be a load-bearing building component, a decorative architectural element, or a combined ornamented structural item. It is often found over portals, doors, and windows.-Structural uses:...
, a structural member in post-and-lintel building construction
Sports
- Header (sailing): a term used in sailboat racing to denote a wind shift
- Header, a herding dogHerding dogA herding dog, also known as a stock dog or working dog, is a type of pastoral dog that either has been trained in herding or belongs to breeds developed for herding...
with a specific method of interacting with its flock - Header, a headlong fall, particularly from a penny-farthingPenny-farthingPenny-farthing, high wheel, high wheeler, and ordinary are all terms used to describe a type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel that was popular after the boneshaker, until the development of the safety bicycle, in the 1880s...
bicycle - Header, use of the player's head to direct the ball in association football (soccer)
- Header, a competitor in the team ropingTeam ropingTeam roping also known as heading and heeling is a rodeo event that features a steer and two mounted riders. The first roper is referred to as the "header," the person who ropes the front of the steer, usually around the horns, but it is also legal for the rope to go around the neck, or go around...
rodeo event who specializes in roping a steer's head
Other uses
- Header (film), a 2006 film
- Page headerPage headerA page header or simply header in typography is text which is separated from the main body of text and appears at the top of a printed page...
, in printing or typography the material separated from the main body that appears at the top of a page - Combine heads, part of a combine harvester