404
Not found, especially of a web page on the Internet.
Adjective
- Not found, especially of a web page on the Internet.
- Bill was 404 all morning.
Origin
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.
Noun
- An error indicating that a web page could not be found.
- 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. - 2007, Cristian...
- Dog meat.
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Verb
- To return an error indicating that a web page could not be found.
- 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. - 2007, Cristian...