webhook
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From web + hook, coined by Jeff Lindsay in 2007 from the computer programming term hook.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]webhook (plural webhooks)
- (Internet) 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.
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References
[edit]- ^ Jeff Lindsay (2007 May 3) “Web hooks to revolutionize the web”, in Progrium Labs[1], archived from the original on 26 August 2015