a special field used to configure the form in a particular manner

a type of dynamic field that is placed in the HTML form, but hidden, using a keyword "hidden"

in an HTML form, a field whose name and value are not visible in the Web browser.

A form field that is invisible to a site visitor but supplies data to a form handler. Each hidden field is implemented as a name-value pair. When a form is submitted by a site visitor, its hidden fields are passed to the form handler along with name-value pairs for each visible form field. See also name-value pair.

A field in a display file that is passed to and from the program but is not sent to the display.

A form field that is invisible to the user but that supplies data to the form handler. Each hidden field is implemented as a name-value pair. When the form is submitted by the user, its hidden fields are passed to the form-handler along with name-value pairs for each visible form field.