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headers

/ˈhɛ.dəs/

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The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.

Examples :

"If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page."

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Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.

Examples :

"Your header is too long; "Local Cannibals" will suffice."

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Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.

Examples :

"That column should have the header "payment status"."

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A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.

Examples :

"Parts of speech belong in a level-three header. Level-two headers are reserved for the name of the language."

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The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.

Examples :

"The header includes an index, an identifier, and a pointer to the next entry."

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The first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.

Examples :

"The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet."

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A brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing.

Examples :

"This wall has four header courses."

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A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.

Examples :

"The carpenter installed strong wooden headers above the windows to support the wall. "

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A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.

Examples :

"They fed the bale into the header."

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The act of hitting the ball with the head.

Examples :

"His header for the goal followed a perfect corner kick."

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Someone who heads the ball.

Examples :

"In the soccer game, Maria and John are both good headers; they often score by heading the ball into the net. "

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A headlong fall or jump.

Examples :

"The clown tripped over the other clown and took a header."

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A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system.

Examples :

"The old house had noisy pipes until we installed headers to ensure a constant water pressure for the heating system. "

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A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.

Examples :

"Common practice is to use plastic pipes with iron headers."

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The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.

Examples :

"At the rodeo, the headers worked quickly and skillfully to position the steers for their teammates. "

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One who puts a head on something.

Examples :

"The factory employed several headers to attach the metal caps onto the pens. "

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A file, usually in the form of source code, that is automatically included in another source file by the compiler.

Examples :

"The C++ program uses `#include ` to access the standard input/output headers, allowing it to print text to the screen. "

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A file that contains declarations but no implementations.

Examples :

"To use the `printf` function in our C program, we need to include the `stdio.h` headers, which tell the compiler how to use `printf` without providing the actual code of `printf` itself. "

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