What is a root relative path in a URL reference of a hypertext link?
A root-relative path in a URL address in hypertext link in an HTML document that always begins addressed at the root of the current web site. All files on the site that are visible to the public are contained within the site root. On most all web servers root-relative paths begin with a forward slash that tells the server to start from the root. Another option for creating links are document relative or absolute paths.
