What do URLs look like?
Most URL’s look something like this: http://www.fast-net-usa.com/ The first part, http:// (which stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol) indicates that this address points to a standard Web page. Some publications omit this section of the web address. The second part, www.fast-net-usa.com is the Web page’s hostname – the name of the computer that houses this page. It consists of a prefix, a domain, and a suffix. Most host addresses begin with www, which stands for World Wide Web, but you will also see home (your personal Web space), or any number of other words. The final part, /faq/urls.html, tells your browser where the Web page is stored on its host computer. The final part of the URL is the actual name of the Web page file. In this case, the page is named urls.html and it is stored inside a folder named faq.
