URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

The Internet address for a document, file, or other resource. It describes the protocol required to access the resource, the host where it can be found, and a path to the resource on that host.

An address of an object, document, or page or other destination. A URL expresses the protocol (such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol [HTTP]) to be accessed and where the destination is located. A URL may also specify an Internet e-mail address. [Exchange 5.5]

The familiar constructs such as http://www.semanticalley.com/ that are used in hyperlinks.

A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) extends the concept of file access from a purely local context to one in which resources are named uniformly, irrespective of where they might be physically located. A URL encodes a location (e.g. www.javasoft.com) a name (e.g. index.html) and a scheme (e.g. http).

A sequence of characters that represents information resources on a computer or in a network such as the Internet. This sequence of characters includes the abbreviated name of the protocol that is used to access the information resource and the information that is used by the protocol to locate the information resource.

A character string describing the location and access method of a resource on the Internet. Note: For example, the URL http://www.ycom.com describes the type of access method being used (http) and the server location which hosts the Web site (www.ycom.com).