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CORS

networking

Cross-Origin Resource Sharing — a browser mechanism that allows or restricts web pages from making requests to a different domain than the one that served the page.

Pronunciation

Correct

kors

/kɔːrz/

Pronounced as a single word rhyming with 'course' or 'cores'. The MDN documentation and browser developers consistently use this pronunciation.

Source: fetch.spec.whatwg.org(official spec)

Accepted Variants

Accepted Variant

C-O-R-S

/siːoʊɑːrɛs/

Some developers spell out each letter, though pronouncing it as 'kors' is more common in conversation.

Source: fetch.spec.whatwg.org(official spec)

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