Header

Header may refer to:

Computers and engineering

• 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

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), 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 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

Other uses

• 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

See also

• Head (disambiguation)