iframe
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- noun
- /ˈaɪˌfreɪm/
- Specialized
- Learn how to embed any Kindle ebook sample into your website using either JavaScript or IFRAME tags.
- iframe embeds
- support iframes
Examples
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However, Microsoft added its own proprietary tag to that functionality: <iframe>.
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The <iframe> started to become more popular because it was less work than creating framesets.
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Of course, the <iframe> won out and is now an important part of web development.
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The iframe was introduced in IE, back when "frames" had a terrible reputation.
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The plugin itself is not too complicated; we are creating an IFrame on the fly, writing the target HTML to its body, and then printing it.
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One of the sites I use frequently implements polling for updates not with XHR, but uses an iframe with meta refresh every few seconds.
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Both Netscape's frames and Microsoft's <iframe> were standardized in HTML 4, but Netscape's frames were later obsoleted (deprecated) in HTML5.
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You can use an iframe to display video content from another website within your own page.
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The website features an iframe that allows users to view external content seamlessly.
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To embed a map on your site, you can create an iframe with the appropriate source URL.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word iframe for web pages comes from the phrase inline frame, where inline means 'inside' and frame means a 'box' or 'window'. So an iframe is like a small page placed 'inside' another page, a window that shows other web content.