Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

An address to an object, document, page, or other destination (for example, a newsgroup or a World Wide Web page) on the Internet or an intranet. A URL expresses the protocol (such as FTP or HTTP) to be accessed and where the destination is located. A URL may also specify an Internet e-mail address. Some examples of URLs are:

http://www.someones.homepage/default.html

ftp://ftp.server.somewhere/ftp.file

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