U R Ls

Every Web page has its own address called a Uniform Resource Locator (U R L). Much like the address on an envelope with a name, street address, city, state, and zip code, each part of a U R L provides information about the Web page.

Here is a sample U R L and descriptions of its components.

http://www.subysb.edu/library/index.html

h t t p

type of Internet connection, hypertext transfer protocol

w w w

host computer/server name

sunysb

Stony Brook University is the second-level domain name

e d u

top-level domain name

library

directory name

h t m l

type of file, hypertext mark-up language
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