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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.
h
t t p : // w w w . wsc. ma . e d u / registrar / index . h t m l
| h t t p - type of
Internet connection, hypertext transfer protocol |
| w w w - host computer/server
name |
| wsc.ma -
Westfield State College in Mass. is the second-level domain name |
| e d u - top-level
domain name |
| registrar - directory
name |
| index - page name |
| h t m l - type of
file, hypertext mark-up language |
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