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noun
A method of augmenting or altering the behavior of a web application or a web page using custom callbacks, usually triggered by some external event.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: reverse API
Antonyms: none provided
History
From web + hook, coined by Jeff Lindsay in 2007 from the computer programming term hook.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
