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The referrer property contains the URL that was used to reach the current document.

If the URL was typed directly into the browser's location field, this property will be empty.

<html>
    <script language="JavaScript">

    <!--
    document.write("<a href='",document.referrer,"'>Go back</a>");
    -->

    </script>
</html>








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