URL

Abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator, pronounced “earl” A method of accessing Internet resources.

URLs contain information about both the access method to use and also about the resource itself, and are used by Web browsers to connect you directly to a specific document or page on the World Wide Web, without you having to know where that resource is located physically.

The first part of the URL, before the colon, specifies the access method. On the Web, this is usually HTTP (for hypertext transmission protocol), but might also see file, ftp, or gopher instead. The second part of the URL, after the colon, specifies the resource. The text after the two slashes usually indicates a server name, two slashes usually indicates a server name, and the text after the single slash defines the directory or individual file you will connect to. If you are linking to a document, it will usually have the filename extension html, the abbreviation for hypertext mark-up language.

URLs are always case-sensitive, so pay particular attention to upper-and lowercase letters, and to symbols as well. One example of a URL is www.kontrolit.net