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iframe

American

[ahy-fraym] / ˈaɪˌfreɪm /

noun

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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noun

iframes

plural

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ShareBrowse would never have been finished without people to bug about iframe permissions and socket.io.

From Forbes • Aug. 16, 2012

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