headerless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Germanic *haubudą

Proto-West Germanic *haubud

Old English hēafod

Middle English heed

English head

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English header

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English headerless

From header + -less.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

Adjective

headerless (not comparable)

1. Without a header.
   • 1985, Speed Trials (in Your Spectrum issue 14, May 1985)

     Even headerless LOADs will work with the Sprint, though be warned, it can't cope with the now common turboload.

   • 1996, Gerd Szwillus, Lisa Ruben Neal, Structure-based Editors and Environments:

     The surrounded program code therefore becomes a headerless procedure and could be transformed into a real subprogram […]

   • 2004, Colby Leider, Digital Audio Workstation:

     The most basic uncompressed format is the headerless audio file […]