same-origin policies

A form of same-origin policy — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of same-origin policy
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