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A Url

A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a unique identifier used to locate resources on the internet. It consists of multiple parts including a protocol, domain name, and path that tell browsers how and where to retrieve resources. Users access URLs by typing them into browsers or clicking hyperlinks. URLs use various protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and mailto followed by a domain name or IP address and optional path, port, anchor, or query parameters. Examples show URLs can retrieve webpages, initiate emails, or download files using different protocols and specifying the resource location and type.

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A Url

A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a unique identifier used to locate resources on the internet. It consists of multiple parts including a protocol, domain name, and path that tell browsers how and where to retrieve resources. Users access URLs by typing them into browsers or clicking hyperlinks. URLs use various protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and mailto followed by a domain name or IP address and optional path, port, anchor, or query parameters. Examples show URLs can retrieve webpages, initiate emails, or download files using different protocols and specifying the resource location and type.

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A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a unique identifier used to locate a resource on

the internet. It is also referred to as a web address. URLs consist of multiple parts -- including
a protocol and domain name -- that tell a web browser how and where to retrieve a resource.
End users use URLs by typing them directly into the address bar of a browser or by clicking a
hyperlink found on a webpage, bookmark list, in an email or from another application.
A URL is the most common type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). URIs are strings of
characters used to identify a resource over a network. URLs are essential to navigating the
internet.

URL structure
The URL contains the name of the protocol needed to access a resource, as well as a resource
name. The first part of a URL identifies what protocol to use as the primary access medium.
The second part identifies the IP address or domain name -- and possibly subdomain -- where
the resource is located.

URL protocols include HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and HTTPS (HTTP Secure) for
web resources, mailto for email addresses, ftp for files on a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server,
and telnet for a session to access remote computers. Most URL protocols are followed by a
colon and two forward slashes; mailto is followed only by a colon.
Optionally, after the domain, a URL can also specify:
a path to a specific page or file within a domain;
a network port to use to make the connection;
a specific reference point within a file, such as a named anchor in an HTML file; and
a query or search parameters used -- commonly found in URLs for search results.

URL examples
Here are a few examples of URLs and what their separate parts
look like.

This example specifies:


the resource is to be retrieved using the HTTPS protocol -- which
powers the web -- via a web browser; the resource is reached
through the domain name system (DNS) name;
the domain name -- or resource -- is whatis.techtarget.com; and
the path is /glossaries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#History indicates:
the HTTPS protocol is used; and
the URL will retrieve the webpage at the point marked with the named anchor History.
mailto:[email protected] initiates a new email addressed to the mailbox president in
the domain whitehouse.gov.
Finally, this example -- ftp://www.somecompany.com/whitepapers/widgets.ps -- specifies the
use of the FTP protocol to download a file.
HTTP vs. HTTPs
Both HTTP and HTTPS are used to retrieve data from a web server to view content in a
browser. The difference between them is that HTTPS uses a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
certificate to encrypt the connection between the end user and the server.

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