404
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From the HTTP error status code 404, meaning Not Found, returned by a web server responding to a request for a URL at which no resource exists.
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404 (plural 404s)
- (computing) An error indicating that a web page could not be found.
- 2007, Cristian Darie, Jaimie Sirovich, Professional Search Engine Optimization with ASP.NET: A Developer's Guide to SEO, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 113:
- Return 404s for all deleted pages. Some search engine marketers suggest redirecting old products to semantically related products instead of 404ing. This preserves link equity, whereas a 404 does not.
- (Nigeria, colloquial) Dog meat.
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404 (third-person singular simple present 404s, present participle 404ing, simple past and past participle 404ed or 404'd)
- (computing) To return an error indicating that a web page could not be found.
- 2007, Cristian Darie, Jaimie Sirovich, Professional Search Engine Optimization with ASP.NET: A Developer's Guide to SEO, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 113:
- Return 404s for all deleted pages. Some search engine marketers suggest redirecting old products to semantically related products instead of 404ing. This preserves link equity, whereas a 404 does not.
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- RFC 2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol – HTTP/1.1
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404
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404 f (plural 404)