Header (computing)

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 follow a clear and unambiguous specification or format, to allow for parsing.

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