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.

h t t p : // gotoltc . e d u / library / index . p h p

h t t p - type of Internet connection, hypertext transfer protocol
gotoltc - host computer/server name
e d u - top-level domain name
library - directory name
index - page name
p h p - type of computer scripting program the file is written in.

 

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