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Question: URL

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Answer:

Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is the unique address for a file that is accessible on the Internet. It is commonly referred to as a website address (eg www.redalto.com).

However, any file 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 (eg www.redalto.com/about.shtml).

The URL contains the name of the protocol to be used to access the file resource (eg, http:// for websites, or ftp:// for FTP protocol), a domain name that identifies a specific computer on the Internet (eg redalto.com), and a pathname - a hierarchical description that specifies the location of a file in that computer (eg /about.shtml).

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  • Author: Redalto Support Team
  • Created on: 10 Jun 2004
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  • Last modified: 10 Jun 2004

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