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.latech.edu/library/hours.htm
| h t t p - type of Internet connection, hypertext transfer protocol |
| w w w - host computer/server name |
| latech - Louisiana Tech University is the second-level domain name |
| e d u - top-level domain name |
| library - directory names |
| hours - page name |
| h t m l - type of file, hypertext mark-up language |
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