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A typical URL has the form http://www.example.com/index.html, which indicates the protocol type (http), the domain name, (www.example.com), and the specific web page (index.html). | A typical URL has the form http://www.example.com/index.html, which indicates the protocol type (http), the domain name, (www.example.com), and the specific web page (index.html). | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator Uniform resource locator] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator Uniform resource locator] | ||
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A uniform resource locator (URL) is a reference to a resource that specifies the location of the resource on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
A URL is a specific type of uniform resource identifier (URI). Many people use the two terms interchangeably.
A URL implies the means to access an indicated resource, which is not true of every URI.
URLs occur most commonly to reference web pages (http), but are also used for file transfer (ftp), email (mailto), database access (JDBC), and many other applications.
Most web browsers display the URL of a web page above the page in an address bar.
A typical URL has the form http://www.example.com/index.html, which indicates the protocol type (http), the domain name, (www.example.com), and the specific web page (index.html).
