URLs

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

Here is a sample URL and descriptions of its components.

http://www.elac.edu/departments/library/index.html

http:// - type of Internet connection, hypertext transfer protocol
www - host computer/server name
elac - East Los Angeles College is the second-level domain name
.edu - top-level domain name
/departments/library/ directory names
index - page name
.html - type of file, hypertext mark-up language

 

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