URLs
or Internet Addresses
One
way to search the Web is to enter a URL, a Uniform Resource
Locator, to retrieve a page or access a site. The URL is
the Internet address of a file. Files are stored on a host
computer connected to the Internet. When you type in a URL,
Web software programs use it to retrieve the file from the
host computer and the directory in which it resides. This
file is then displayed on the monitor connected to your local
machine.
URLs
consist of several parts. Move your mouse over the URL below
to identify each part.
protocol:
type of Internet connection
host:
server or host computer that holds the information
path:
a directory in which the information is stored
filename:
name of file
protocol:// host/ path/ filename
Here's
a breakdown of the URL for the library homepage :
http://www.moravian.edu/public/reeves
The Protocol is
http (hypertext transfer protocol is the standard protocol
for a Web page)
The server in
this URL consists of the following:
Host computer name:
www (World Wide Web)
Second-level domain name (or
location of the server): moravian
Top-level domain name (or
type of connection): edu
The pathname of
the file consists of the following:
Directory name:
public
File name: reeves
Click on next below for useful information about
top-level domains.
