URL

Web address to a particular file or page

Also known as Universal Resource Locator · web address · Uniform Resource Locators · u.r.l. · Uniform Resource Locator · internet address

Instance of: technical standard
Subclass of: Uniform Resource Identifier
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1.Stated in RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
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Website: url.spec.whatwg.org
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1.api.github.com/repos/whatwg/urlRetrieved 2018-12-17
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A uniform resource locator (URL), colloquially known as a web address, is a reference to a resource on the World Wide Web. A URL specifies the location of a resource on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), although many people use the two terms interchangeably. A URL is most commonly used to reference a web page (HTTP/HTTPS) but is also used for file transfer (FTP), email (mailto), database access (JDBC), and many other applications.

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