URL
Also known as Universal Resource Locator, web address, Uniform Resource Locators, u.r.l., Uniform Resource Locator, internet address, URL address
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.
AI overview
A URL, commonly called a web address, is the text you type into your browser that tells your computer where to find a specific resource on the internet and how to get it. URLs matter because they're the standard way we navigate to and access websites, files, emails, and other online resources.
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Key facts
- Technology standard.title
- URL
- Technology standard.long_name
- Uniform resource locator
- Technology standard.status
- Published
- Technology standard.version
- Living Standard
- Technology standard.version_date
- 2023
- Technology standard.organization
- Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
- Technology standard.committee
- Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)
- Technology standard.related_standards
- URI, URN
- Technology standard.abbreviation
- URL
- Technology standard.domain
- World Wide Web
- Technology standard.license
- CC BY 4.0
- Technology standard.authors
Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- <span class="anchor" id="syntax"></span>Syntax
- Internationalized URL
- Protocol-relative URLs<span class="anchor" id="prurl"></span>
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- External links
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.
Most web browsers display the URL of a web page above the page in an address bar. As an example of a web page URL, https://www.example.com/index.html indicates protocol https, hostname www.example.com, and file name index.html.