iframe

American

[ahy-fraym] / ˈaɪˌfreɪm /

noun

plural

iframes

Computers. Short for inline frame. Also called inframe; iFrame. an HTML element that enables the embedding of another HTML element within the page at hand, thereby displaying such external content as ads and videos.

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If you are a Mac user that has ever installed either app and then visited a malicious website, it would be possible for code embedded in an iframe to automatically open up a video conference that turns your webcam on.

From The Verge

Hackers could target a Facebook user’s web browser and exploit iframe elements to see which friends the user had talked to and which were not in the user’s contact list.

From The Verge

But parents don’t have to let it dominate their kids’ lives. iframe src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/105717/count.gif" style="width:1px;height:1px;border:0" width="1" height="1" frameborder="0">

From Salon

Some of the proposed standards in the critical path are Feature Policy, Web Packaging, iframe promotion, Performance Timeline, and Paint Timing.

From The Verge

We added support for rich media ads, but where they stay within a fixed iFrame and don’t overlay on top of the content.

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