Full form of URL
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator.
URL is the link address of a resource, which can be a file or a webpage, on the internet. When URL is used with http, it is called web address. The URL was created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1994.
URL is a particular character string which is used to access data from the World Wide Web (WWW) and the type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
Simple URL meaning: It is the text which you type in your web browser when you want to go on particular website.
URLs are easy to remember and to use for people. However, computer needs the information for presenting to people before navigate to the particular website.
What URL contains?
The Uniform Resource Locator (URL full form) contains following information:
- It usually starts with “http://” or “https://”
- The Name or protocol of scheme.
- A colon and double slash (//).
- Host Name, usually called a domain name or IP address.
- A colon followed by a port number.
- The Full path of resource (File or Directory) .
Example of URL
The URL looks like this:
- Protocol: http
- Domain or Host Name: www. digitalclassworld.com
- Path of the resource: /full-form
How to open URL?
The URL can be entered manually by typing in the address bar of web browser. If the URL does not include a valid server, a browser may display a “Server not found” error and the browser may display a “404 error” if the path of URL is incorrect. A URL does not allow spaces and it uses forward slashes to represent different files or directories. Instead, dashes and underscores are used to separate the address.
Links: Shortcuts of Uniform Resource Locator (URL abbreviation)
The URLs are not same as Links. Generally the people call “Links” when they actually meant to “URL”.
The link is the small piece of text which associated with URL. When you click on text, you are redirected to the page which URL points to. By doing this, you can easily find out associated web pages without copy and paste URLs into the web browser. so this saves your time.
Generally in most browsers, you can see the associated URL to the bottom side of browser window when you hold your mouse over it, without clicking on it. This helps you to know in advance where you will go with that click before clicking on it.