What does URL stand for?
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It specifies the global address of web documents and web resource. http://www.buzzle.com/…/…rl-stand-for.
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It specifies the global address of web documents and web resource. The first part of the address is the protocol identifier. HTTP and FTP are some examples of protocol identifiers, which indicate the protocol in use. The second part of a URL is the resource name comprised of the IP address or the domain name of the web resource. The basic reason behind locating or identifying a resource on the web is Internet communication. Interaction between web users and Internet resources is possible, only if each resource on the Internet is identified in a standardized manner. A uniform resource locator is synonymous to uniform resource identifier that is abbreviated as URI. By definition, a URI is a string of characters that is used to identify resources on the Internet. Following is an example of a website URL. http://www.buzzle.com directs you to the Buzzle home page. The first part, HTTP, as you must have rightly guessed, is the protocol identifier. It
Universal Resource Locator It was coined in the days when the internet was mainly used for research puposes. Scientists could post their research papers (resources) on the internet for others to read. To be able to find such a document, they were assigned a code, a URL. A more current term is web address.
