The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HEADER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result HEADER
Buddy explains!
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What does HEADER mean?
HEADER noun- The upper portion of a page (or other) layout.
- Text, or other visual information, used to mark off a quantity of text, often titling or summarizing it.
- Text, or other visual information, that goes at the top of a column of information in a table.
- A font, text style, or typesetting used for any of the above.
- The first part of a file or record that describes its contents.
- The first part of a packet or stream, often containing its address and descriptors.
- A brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall or within the brickwork with the short side showing.
- A horizontal structural or finish piece over an opening.
- A machine that separates and gathers the heads of grain etc.
- The act of hitting the ball with the head.
- Someone who heads the ball.
- A headlong fall or jump.
- A raised tank that supplies water at constant pressure, especially to a central heating and hot water system.
- A pipe which connects several smaller pipes.
- The rodeo performer who drives the steer toward the heeler to be tied.
- One who puts a head on something.
- To strike (a ball) with one's head.
- A file, usually in the form of source code, that is automatically included in another source file by the compiler.
- A file that contains declarations but no implementations.