URL
Skip contentAlso known as: Uniform Resource Locator
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a formatted text describing the location of a resource, typically accessible over a TCP/IP network. The term URL is usually thought of in terms of web pages, web sites, and other internet content, although it can describe pretty much any resource available over a network - streamed radio and video, atomic clock times, printers, VOIP, and more.
A URL must follow the format: protocol://hostname/parameters - for example, http://www.mobile-phone-directory.org/Phones/ represents connecting to www.mobile-phone-directory.org over HTTP, and requesting the page under ’Phones’ using whatever method is defined by the protocol, in this case HTTP.
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) are a subset of URIs, which are Unique Resource Identifiers. There is more on the use of a URI and URL in RFC 2396; more informationcan be found at the Internet Engineering Task Force site - www.ietf.org
