What Is The Meaning Of A URL?

URL stands for unique resource locator. It is the address of a resource that is accessible by the internet. A URL consists of resource protocol, domain name and the hierarchical file name. If the URL is faqs.html then 'http://' refers to the resource protocol, 'www.blurtit.com' refers to the domain name and the rest is the hierarchical file name that serves as a pointer to the server.

The pointer could also point to specific files and programs. It is popularly believed that 'www.xyz.com' is the URL. This is untrue; there is specific software that concatenates 'http://' to the domain name even if the user has not typed it. There are dynamic and static URLs. A static URL is a page that changes when the site master makes changes in the html code, a dynamic URL is a page is refreshed as new data comes in. Dynamic URLs will contain characters such as .cgi, +, $ etc.

Uniform resource location