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Uniform Resource Locators
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ALSO CALLED: Universal Resource Locators and URL
DEFINITION: A URL (Uniform Resource Locator, previously Universal Resource Locator) - usually pronounced by sounding out each letter but, in some quarters, pronounced "Earl" - is the unique address for a file that is accessible on the Internet. A common way to get to a Web site is to enter the URL of its home page file in your Web browser's address line. However, any file
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UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS DEFINITION (continued): … within that Web site can also be specified with a URL. Such a file might be any Web ( HTML) page other than the home page, an image file, or a program such as a common gateway interface application or Java applet. The URL contains the name of the protocol to be used to access the file resource, a domain name that identifies a specific computer on the Internet, and a pathname, a hierarchical description that specifies the location of a file in that computer. On the Web (which uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, …
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