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Uniform Resource

Locator(URL)

Amita Narang
060341028
Uniform Resource
Identifier(URI)
 URL(Uniform Resource Locator)
 URN(Uniform Resource Name)
Uniform Resource
Locator (URL)
 A means of locating the resource by
describing its primary access
mechanism.
 URL is Unique.

 Expresses a lot of different

information.
Syntax of URL:
All URLs share the same basic syntax.
protocol:address
Example:
http://www.google.com/
http: Protocol
www: Machine Name
google: Sub-Domain
com: Domain
URLs with Account Names
 To choose a particular account in a
particular domain we use account names
with URL.

Example:
http://www.sicsr.com/~amita/
URL with IP Addresses:
 Each computer on the Internet is
represented by a series of four numbers
separated by a period.
 It is Unique
 Many URL can have one IP address.

e.g: http://129.34.139.30/
(www.IBM.com )
Different Protocols in URL
 Internet supports a standard set of
resources each with its own associated
protocols.
 URLs can point to parts of the Internet other
than just the Web.
ftp:// File Transfer Protocol
http:// Hypertext Transfer Protocol
gopher:// Gopher Protocol
file:// Local File name
mailto: Electronic mail address
news: Usenet news group
telnet: Interactive Session using the Telnet Protocol
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