ad blocker

noun

variants or less commonly adblocker

ˈad-ˌblä-kər

or ad-blocker

plural ad blockers also adblockers or ad-blockers

: a software application or feature designed to prevent advertisements from loading on a web browser (see browser sense 2)

Before I get too far, I suppose it fair to mention what an ad blocker is. It is a browser add-on that filters the response from a web server, removing items that it thinks are advertisements before the browser starts to render the page.—

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa)

The built-in ad blocker wipes out annoying ads, which can improve your browsing speed and limit distractions at work.—

cultofmac.com

We all know that ads can be quite annoying, popping up on every website and tracking our use across them all. Some may even infect your computer with damaging viruses that are difficult to remove, so we deem it best to install an ad blocker.—

Tayo Sogbesan

The catch these days with ad-blockers is that because many mainstream sites … incorporate pop-up ads as a means of earning revenue …, they often require you to disable your ad-blocker on them (or suggest that you do) to allow those ads to display …—

Eyal Goldshmid

The only problem … is the pop-up … ads. An adblocker may be able to do the job.—

Ali Bajwa

Examples of ad blocker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web YouTube is continuing its ad blocker crackdown by testing server-side ad injection. —

Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 14 June 2024 YouTube has reportedly stepped up its fight against ad blockers by starting to build ads into the video before it is sent to the user’s device, rather than sending the ads separately to be inserted on the device. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024 YouTube has been at war with ad blockers for quite some time now and has employed various tactics to keep users off those extensions. —

Dua Rashid / Gizmodo, Quartz, 28 May 2024 The looming phaseout has caused many uBlock Origin users on Chrome to worry they’ll be forced to install a less effective ad blocker. —

Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for ad blocker

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