What is "header"

Header \Head"er\ (h[e^]d"[~e]r), n.

1. One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

2. One who heads a movement, a party, or a mob; head; chief; leader. [R.]

3. (Arch.)

   1. A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.

   2. In framing, the piece of timber fitted between two trimmers, and supported by them, and carrying the ends of the tailpieces.

4. A reaper for wheat, that cuts off the heads only.

5. A fall or plunge head first, as while riding a bicycle, or a skateboard, or in bathing; -- sometimes, implying the striking of the head on the ground; as, to take a header.

"head-first dive or plunge," 1849, from head (n.); as a type of pass or shot with the head in soccer, by 1906.

n. 1 The upper portion of a page (or other) layout. 2 Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often title or summarize it. 3 Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table. 4 (context informal English) A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above. 5 a brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing; compare stretcher 6 a horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening 7 a machine that cuts the heads off of grain etc 8 (context soccer English) the act of hitting the ball with the head

1. n. a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" [syn: heading, head]

2. horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window [syn: lintel]

3. brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: coping, cope]

4. a framing member crossing and supporting the ends of joists, studs, or rafters so as to transfer their weight to parallel joists, studs, or rafters

5. a machine that cuts the heads off grain and moves them into a wagon

6. (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head

7. a headlong jump (or fall); "he took a header into the shrubbery"

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 are sometimes called the payload or body.

It is vital that header composition follows a clear and unambiguous specification or format, to allow for parsing.

Header is a 2006 horror film directed by Archibald Flancranstin, and written Michael E. Kennedy. It is based on the 1995 Verotik novel Header by Edward Lee.

Header may refer to:

• Header (computing), supplemental data at the beginning of a data block
  • E-mail header
  • HTTP header
• Header file, a text file used in computer programming (especially in C and C++)
• A pin header is a mainly male style of electrical connector on printed circuit boards, including motherboards, providing links to external devices
• Exhaust manifold, in automotive design

• 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), a structural member in post-and-lintel building construction
• In brickwork, a brick laid with its short side exposed

• Header (sailing): a term used in sailboat racing to denote a wind shift
• Header, a herding dog with a specific method of interacting with its flock
• Header, a headlong fall, particularly from a penny-farthing bicycle
• Header, use of the player's head to direct the ball in association football (soccer)
• Header, a competitor in the team roping rodeo event who specializes in roping a steer's head

• Header (film), a 2006 film
• Page header, 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

Header is a technique that use in association football to control the ball using the head to pass, shoot or clear. This can be done by standing, jumping or diving position. Header is a common technique and players are used in almost every match.

In general, Forwards use headers to score a goal while defenders usually use headers to avoid the scoring a goal by opponent. Header is the only option when ball is in air under the rule player can't make contact with ball using their hands. Most header goals scored as a result of a cross or a corner. Playmaker passes the ball across the goal in the air, and the attacking player (either standing jumping or diving position) strikes the ball with his head.

In recent years footballers such as Fernando Torres, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Javier Hernandez, Sergio Ramos are rated as who provide such an excellent headers in world football arena.