Headers carry details like content type, authorization, caching, cookies, locale, and CORS rules. They are invisible in the page but often decide how a request is handled.
ELI5
Think of Headers as roads and power for the app city. Key-value metadata sent with HTTP requests and responses.
In practice
Use it when local behavior needs to become a reachable, reliable deployed service. In practice, define the owner, input, output, and failure mode before you rely on it.