Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

csrf token

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
csr-f -to-ken
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A secret value added to a web form by the server and sent back by the user as part of a POST request, used to prevent cross-site request forgeries by making sure that the user sending the POST request has actually loaded the form.

Etymology

Initialism of Cross-Site Request Forgery + token.

Inflected Forms

CSRF tokens (plural) XSRF token (alternative)

Synonyms

anti-CSRF token

Questions

What does csrf token mean?
A secret value added to a web form by the server and sent back by the user as part of a POST request, used to prevent cross-site request forgeries by making sure that the user sending the POST request has actually loaded the form.
Where does csrf token come from?
Initialism of Cross-Site Request Forgery + token.

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