URL and Parts of URL
URL and Parts of URL
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URL
• A (Uniform Resource Locator) (Uniform Resource Locator) (Uniform ReA uniform
resource locator (URL), known as an address on the Web, is a reference to a resource that
specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
• A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), although many people use
the two terms interchangeably.
• URLs occur most commonly to reference web pages (HTTP/HTTPS) but are also used for
file transfer , email , database access , and many othersource Locator) (Uniform Resource
Locator) (Uniform Resource Locator)VVVV(Uniform Resource Locator) URL (Uniform
Resource Locator) is the address of a unique resource on the internet. It is one of the key
mechanisms used by retrieve published resources, such as HTML pages, CSS documents,
images, and so o URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of a unique res
Parts of domain
Ex :
https://www.example.com
Scheme
Subdomain
Second-level domain
Top-level domain • Scheme-https://
Subdirectory
• Subdomain-www.
Port
Path • Second level –
Query • Top level domain
Parameters
fragements
Scheme and subdomain
• The protocol or scheme part of the URL and indicates the set of rules that will decide
the transmission and exchange of data. HTTPS which stands for Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol Secure tells the browser to display the page in Hyper Text (HTML) format as
well as encrypt any information that the user enters in the page. Other protocols
include the FTP or File Transfer Protocol which is used for transferring files between
client and server, SMTP or Single Mail Transfer Protocol which is used for sending
emails.The protocol or scheme part of the URL and indicates the set of rules that will
decide the transmission and exchange of data. HTTPS which stands for Hyper Text
Transfer Protocol Secure tells the browser to display the page in Hyper Text (HTML)
format as well as encrypt any information that the usThe subdomain is used to
separate different sections of the website as it specifies the type of resource to be
delivered to the client. Here the subdomain used ‘www’ is a general symbol for any
resource on the web. Subdomains like ‘blog’ direct to a blog page, ‘audio’ indicates the
resource type as audio.er enters in the page.
Second level and top level domain
• DDomain name specifies the organization or entity that the URL
belongs to. Like in www.facebook.com the domain name ‘facebook’
indicates the organization that owns the site.omain name specifies the
organization or entity that the URL belongs to. Like
in www.facebook.com the domain name ‘facebook’ indicates the
organization that owns the site.