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Form

Meaning in web development, with examples

/fɔːrm/nounCore term

In web development, form means: A part of a page where users enter information, such as a login, search or contact form, which is then sent to a server.

In Turkish: form

How it is used

Developers build, validate and submit forms and handle form errors. Good forms have a label for every field, clear error messages and the right input types, such as email or tel.

Example sentences

  1. The contact form sends the message, but the user never sees a confirmation.

  2. We validate the form in the browser first and then again on the server.

Common collocations

  • submit a form
  • form validation
  • contact form
  • form field
  • login form
  • input fieldA box or control in a form where a user types or selects a value, such as a name, an email address, a password or a date.
  • eventSomething that happens in the browser and that code can react to, such as a click, a key press, a form submission or the page finishing loading.
  • CSRFCross-Site Request Forgery: an attack that tricks a logged-in user's browser into sending an unwanted request, such as changing an email address, to a site the user trusts.
  • requestA message a client sends to a server asking for something, such as a web page, an image or data, or asking it to save a change.

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