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URL - the Uniform Resource Locator

URL Format

Schema
Procedure or Protocol

Schema Details
Designation of required resource. Most often, of the form:- //host:port/directory/file.

URL Construction
Component Description/Example
Schema gopher://
Site Name info.anu.edu.au
Port :70
Directory /pub/
File Identifier gopher.menu

URL Schemas

URL Schemas
Schema Description
http: HyperText Transport Protocol
gopher: Gopher
ftp: File Transfer Protocol
telnet: Telnet
file: Local File
mailto: Electronic Mail
wais: Wide Area Information Server
news: Newsgroups
prospero: The Prospero database engine
shttp: Secure HTTP
nntp: Newsgroups using NNTP Access
https: HTTP using SSL

URI - Universal Resource Identifier


URN - Uniform Resource Name


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