Browseroriginated
Browseroriginated is a descriptive term used in web development and analytics to indicate that a data item, event, or request originated from code running in a web browser, rather than from the server or an external automation tool. The form is sometimes written browser-originated, and browseroriginated appears in some technical discussions as a compound noun.
In practice, analysts differentiate browseroriginated events (such as user clicks, keystrokes, or client-side sensor readings) from
Examples include a tracking pixel request generated by a user's browser when they load a page, a
Limitations: The label is informal and context-dependent. Network intermediaries, proxies, and headless browsers can blur the
See also: client-side scripting, server-side rendering, data provenance, browser fingerprinting.