Components of URL

Answer 1

A web address or URL is made up of five parts: the protocol, the domain name, the path, the directory and the file name. Consider the web address http://coolexample.com/funky/music.html. The protocol is http://, the domain name is coolexample.com, the path is /funky/music.html, the directory is /funky/ and the file name is /music.html.

Answer 2

Let's look at the URL: http://wiki.answers.com

The first part is the protocol. In this case, we are requesting to view a file using hypertext transfer protocol. Another popular protocol is ftp (file transfer protocol).

The protocol is followed by ://

The next part, wiki, is usually the name of the serverthat stores the file you will view through the browser. http://www.answers.com is not the same as http://wiki.answers.com even though you see answers.com in both URLS.

The next part: answers.com is the domain. This is made up of two parts. The first is the host name (in this case "answers") and the second is the top-level domain. Other top level domains include .org and .mil

Some urls include directories and files. For example, in the URL http://www.answers.com/main/business.jspthere is a directory called main and in that directory is a FILE called business.jsp.

Notice that the domain, directories, and files are separated by slashes and the filename and the file extension are separated by a period. There endless types of files on the Web including .pdf, .php, .HTML and others.

You'll notice that many times you do not see a filename in a URL. In cases like that, you are actually looking at a default file. Many sites default to a file called index.HTML. If you go to http://wiki.answers.com/index.HTMLand http://wiki.answers.com you are actually looking at the same page. You just don't have to type the entire URL to see the main/default page.

EASIER WAY TO UNDERSTAND

lets take http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/Cartoons for example.http means hyper text transfer protocol it might also have an s at the end,the s stands for secure e.g. Facebook will have https .www means world wide web .bbc.co.uk is the URL host name ..co.uk is the domain type ./cbbc is the URL path name.

there are different domain types like

.com is company

.co is non US company

.sch is school

.gov is government

.edu is university

.ac is university ,museums and art galleries etc.

.org is organisation

.net is network

.me is personal

and there is different countries like .co.uk such as

.au is Australia

.dl is Germany

.nz is New Zealand

.fr is France

.in is India

.es is spain

Answer 3

There really are more than three parts to a URL. Several are optional or even relatively obscure.

1. The protocol. Usually, this is "http", followed by "://", though it can be "https", "ftp", or other things.
2. The hostname. This is usually everything after "://" but before the next "/", if there is one. A hostname like "www.example.com" can be further broken down into the top-level domain ("com"), the domain name ("example.com"), and the subdomain ("www"). Not every subdomain in a URL has to be "www". This denotes the Web site.
3. Occasionally there will be a port number (like ":80") after the hostname, but before any "/". If there is one, it'll usually be ":80", but it can be something else. Obviously, this is optional.
4. The path is anything that appears after the "/" after the hostname, but before a possible "?". An example would be "games/images/display.HTML". The path is optional, too, or it can be quite long. It can have a filename ("display.HTML" in the previous example), or just be one or more directories ("games/images/" in that example). This denotes what file to display at that site.
5. The query string, or parameters. These appear after a "?" and before a possible "#". They consist of parameter/value pairs. The pairs are separated by "&"s, and the parameters and values are separated by "="s. So if you had "?foo=1&bar=2", that would mean "foo" was set to 1 and "bar" was set to 2. These are optional, and there can be many of them. These pass information to the page being displayed.
6. Finally, there is the fragment or named anchor. This is anything that comes after a "#". It usually refers to a section in the document to be scrolled to.

Answer 4

Parts of a Web Address

You might have noticed that our example web address, http://www.CNN.com, has a number of different parts. It's important to understand what those parts mean.

• The http:// stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. This helps your web browser locate the web page or web site, and to display it for you to see. Most browsers will automatically add this prefix, so you don't have to worry about typing it every time.
• The www stands for World Wide Web. This means that the page you're looking for is somewhere on the World Wide Web.
• The next section, which is cnn in this example, is the name of the server or web site. It is flanked by dots, which separate it from other sections of the web address.
• The .com here is the domain. This tells you where the web page is registered, and often tells you what kind of web site it is. For instance, .com usually means that you're looking at a commercial site, or a site that someone has paid to use. Some other common domain names are .edu (sites for educational institutions), .org (sites belonging to organizations), and .gov (sites sponsored by local, state, or federal governments).
• Sometimes, there will be a slash (/) following the domain name. For instance: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD. The / followed by another word or words lets you know that you are going to a different area or page on that web site. In the example, you will be taken to the World News page on CNN's web site.
• there are suffixes like .co.uk that mean that the website lives in the UK or some other country

Answer 5

http : Protocol used in the communication between the browser and the web server.
: : Colon simply separates the protocol from the other part of the web address.
// : Indicates that a contact to a server is to be achieved.

Answer 6

A URL is made up of five parts: the protocol, the domain name, the path, the directory and the file name. Consider the URL http://coolexample.com/funky/music.html. The protocol is http://, the domain name is coolexample.com, the path is /funky/music.html, the directory is /funky/ and the file name is /music.html.

Answer 7

A URL technically has five parts: the protocol, the domain name, the path, the directory and the file name. Consider the URL http://coolexample.com/funky/music.html. The protocol is http://, the domain name is coolexample.com, the path is /funky/music.html, the directory is /funky/ and the file name is /music.html.

Answer 8

The components of a URL are protocol, server name, directory name and page name. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator.

Answer 9

Occasionally four.

http://

www.

domain

.type

Answer 10

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