U R Ls

Every Web page has its own address called a Uniform Resource Locator (U R L). Much like the address on an envelope with a name, street address, city, state, and zip code, each part of a U R L provides information about the Web page.

Here is a sample U R L and descriptions of its components.

http :// www.wvu.edu / ~thesis/ index .htm

http - type of Internet connection, hypertext transfer protocol
www - host computer/server name
wvu - West Virginia University is the second-level domain name
edu - top-level domain name
~thesis - directory name
index - page name
html - type of file, hypertext mark-up language

 

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