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[[URL]] is the acronym for [[Uniform Resource Locator]]. A reference to a [[web resource]] that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. ''URLs'' consist of two mandatory fields, (a) type of ''resource'' such as <code>https</code> for [[webpage]]s, <code>ftps</code> for file transfers, <code>mailto</code> for emails, etc., and (b) [[hostname]], as well as of optional (c) one or more [[submomain]]s and (d) a [[file name]], if any. | [[URL]] is the acronym for [[Uniform Resource Locator]]. A reference to a [[web resource]] that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. ''URLs'' consist of two mandatory fields, (a) type of ''resource'' such as <code>https</code> for [[webpage]]s, <code>ftps</code> for file transfers, <code>mailto</code> for emails, etc., and (b) [[hostname]], as well as of optional (c) one or more [[submomain]]s and (d) a [[file name]], if any. | ||
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Revision as of 14:02, 16 December 2020
URL is the acronym for Uniform Resource Locator. A reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. URLs consist of two mandatory fields, (a) type of resource such as https for webpages, ftps for file transfers, mailto for emails, etc., and (b) hostname, as well as of optional (c) one or more submomains and (d) a file name, if any.
In computing, a uniform resource locator or universal resource locator (URL) is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to an Internet resource. A URL is technically a type of uniform resource identifier (URI) but in many technical documents and verbal discussions URL is often used as a synonym for URI.
Syntax
According to the Business Insider, Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee once said about the double slash in URLs,
Really, if you think about it, it doesn't need the //. I could have designed it not to have the //.
Sir Tim created the World Wide Web, HTML, DNS, and URL.
