A computer related question....?

Question

Can someone tell me what exactly a "URL" is, and what the initials stand for? Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello:

URL means "Uniform Resource Locator," and is terminology related to the existing group of Internet protocols, such as HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol) and FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

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Answer 2

In popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) — many popular and technical texts will use the term "URL" when referring to URI;
Strictly, the idea of a uniform syntax for global identifiers of network-retrievable documents was the core idea of the World Wide Web. In the early times, these identifiers were variously called "document names", "Web addresses" and "Uniform Resource Locators". These names were misleading, however, because not all identifiers were locators, and even for those that were, this was not their defining characteristic. Nevertheless, by the time the RFC 1630 formally defined the term "URI" as a generic term best suited to the concept, the term "URL" had gained widespread popularity, which has continued to this day.

Answer 3

Uniform Resource Locator

Basically its a unique text-based name, like www.yahoo.com that takes you to a specific site/location. Otherwise, people would have to memorize the many numeric IP addresses for each site, like 69.147.114.210 for Yahoo.

Here is some info on Wikipedia if you'd like:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Url

Answer 4

It stands for Uniform Resource Locator and it is basically a link to a website just like http://www.yahoo.com

Answer 5

uniform resource locator. it's used to name resources like documents and imgaes in the internet according to it's location