home pagen.
/ˈhəʊm peɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊm ˌpeɪdʒ/ 1. A page in a newspaper or magazine dealing with domestic matters. Now rare.In quot. 1860 in plural, as the title of a periodical intended to bring moral instruction into the homes of the poor.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > parts and layout of journals > [noun] > other sections or columns
Poets' Corner1733
situations wanted1809
situations vacant1819
feuilleton1845
roman feuilleton1845
home page1860
personal1860
society page1883
City page1893
women's page1893
book page1898
ear1901
film guide1918
op-ed1931
masthead1934
magazine section1941
write-in1947
listings1971
1860 Christian Reformer Oct. 644 The first fruits of Mr. Brooke Herford's spirited plan for issuing, under the general title of ‘Home Pages’, popular moral and religious tracts.
1876 Chicago Tribune 26 Aug. 10/4 I can give L. B. C. some nice recipes... I look upon the Home page of the Tribune as a dear friend.
1900 Munsey's Mag. Sept. 852/1 Our children's home page is pretty strong. In the ‘Infant Industries’ column we have a poem ‘How Kitty Shoed the Ox’.
1920 Industr. Managem. July 71/2 Another editor hammers hard on a home page upon which he features ‘Tested Recipes’ turned in by wives of employees.
1999 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. 27/5 Alice Hope, who has died aged 91, created the ‘Home Page’ of The Daily Telegraph in the early 1950s when readers were learning to cope with a new, servantless age.
2. Computing. The initial page displayed to a visitor of a website or intranet site, typically containing introductory information and links to other parts of the site, or links to other relevant websites; a web page which serves as a profile of a person, organization, etc. Also: a web page set as the default or start-up page on a browser. In extended use: a website.
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1993 R & D (Nexis) Aug. 71 At startup, Mosaic provides the user with a home page that contains a number of information links with which the user can begin his exploration.
1995 Guardian 1 Mar. i. 23/2 Edward Kennedy was the first senator to establish a ‘home page’ on the Internet giving two way access to the public.
1995 Multimedia Today Apr. 16/2 The IBM home page is like the table of contents to a magazine, and provides links to other pages that the company's webmasters feel would be valuable or interesting to you.
1997 Big Issue 9 June (verso front cover) (advt.) You can e-mail us..or visit our homepage at www.samaritans.org.
2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 19 June ii. 3/1 My Web browser has been hijacked so that when I open it the page that comes up is not my desired home page.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 May (Travel section) 4/5 The government's English-language home page is full of dead links.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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