same-origin policy

noun

Definitions

  1. A rule, in web browsers, that permits scripts contained in a first web page to access…

    A rule, in web browsers, that permits scripts contained in a first web page to access data in a second web page, but only if both web pages have the same origin (based on URI scheme, hostname, and port number), so as to prevent malicious scripts from accessing sensitive data through the Document Object Model.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for same-origin policy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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