URL

Define URL? 

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. The URL is the web address for any given web document. Every web document has a unique URL. Each URL has several parts. The general format of URL is as follows

Type: // address/ path

Here,

• Type specifies the type of server on which the web page is hosted
• Address specifies the address of server
• Path specifies the path of web of web page on the disk of sever.

Example

http:/ www.google.com/services/index.html

• http stands for hypertext transfer protocol. It is used to access websites on Internet.
• www stands for world wide web
• google indicates the name of the website
• com indicates the type of website
• /services indicate subdirectory services. Slash "/" indicates start of a subdirectory.
• Index.html indicates the name of the specific page in web site.