URL
URL (Uniform Resource Locator,
previously Universal Resource Locator) – pronounced YU-AHR-EHL or, in some
quarters, UHRL - is the address of a file (resource) accessible on the
Internet. The type of file or resource depends on the Internet application
protocol. Using the World Wide Web's protocol, the Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP), the resource can
be an HTML page (like the one you're reading), an image file, or any other file
supported by HTTP. The URL contains the name of the protocol required to access
the resource, a domain name that identifies a specific computer on the
Internet, and a pathname (hierarchical description of a file location) on the
computer.
On the Web (which uses the
Hypertext Transfer Protocol), an example of a URL is: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt which describes
a Web page to be accessed with an HTTP (Web browser) application that is
located on a computer named www.ietf.org. The pathname for the specific file in
that computer is /rfc/rfc2396.txt. An HTTP URL can be for any Web page, not
just a home page, or any individual file.
Examples:
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