What is a url?

[hassen1]

URL stands for "Uniform Resource Locator". It is a draft standard for
specifying an object on the Internet, such as a file or newsgroup.

URLs look like this: (file: and ftp: URLs are synonymous.)
* file://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors/msdos/graphics/gifkit.zip
* ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/mirrors
* http://www.w3.org:80/default.html
* news:alt.hypertext
* telnet://dra.com



The first part of the URL, before the colon, specifies the access
method. The part of the URL after the colon is interpreted specific to
the access method. In general, two slashes after the colon indicate a
machine name (machine:port is also valid).

When you are told to "check out this URL", what to do next depends on
your browser; please check the help for your particular browser. For
the line-mode browser at CERN, which you will quite possibly use first
via telnet, the command to try a URL is "GO URL" (substitute the
actual URL of course). In Lynx you just select the "GO" link on the
first page you see; in graphical browsers, there's usually an "Open
URL" option in the menus.

[humpty]

i think you should write a book, compile your resources and write "everything you need to know" by the professor who knows it all

hahaahah

[misteralan]

I thought everybody know what 'url' is..

[astros99]

That post was actually pretty interesting. I knew that URL's could have file: and ftp: and http: or whatever infront of them. But, I never knew that URL's had news: or telnet: infront of them. I've never really seen a URL with that at the beginning of the link. That's insteresting though, thanks for the information!