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URL

A uniform resource locator (URL), colloquially known as a web address, is a reference to a resource on the World Wide Web. A URL specifies the location of a resource on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), although many people use the two terms interchangeably. A URL is most…

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Abbreviation
URL
Authors
Tim Berners-Lee
Base standards
RFC 4248 – "The telnet URI Scheme," · RFC 4266 – "The gopher URI Scheme," · RFC 6068 – "The 'mailto' URI Scheme," · RFC 6270 – "The 'tn3270' URI Scheme,"
Committee
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)
Domain
World Wide Web
Editors
Anne van Kesteren

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URL

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples54
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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URL

Top relations

related to Internationalized URL · 15
URL → All, An Internationalized Resource Identifier, ASCII, Chinese URLhttp, Domain Name System, IDN, Internationalized Domain Name, Internet, IRI, IRIs, The, Thexn--indicates, Unicode, URLs, Web
see also · 8
URL → Clean URLTyposquattingUniform Resource IdentifierURI, Compact URI, HyperlinkPURL, Internationalized Resource Identifier, IRI, IRL, Persistent URLCURIE, URI
related to Protocol-relative URLs · 7
URL → For, HTTP, HTTPS, PRL, Protocol-relative, PRURL, URLs
Base standards · 5
URL → .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…, RFC 4248 – "The telnet URI Scheme,", RFC 4266 – "The gopher URI Scheme,", RFC 6068 – "The 'mailto' URI Scheme,", RFC 6270 – "The 'tn3270' URI Scheme,"
related to Syntax · 3
URL → Every HTTP URL, The URI, URI
related to External links · 2
URL → URI, WHATWGURL
Abbreviation · 1
URL → URL
Authors · 1
URL → Tim Berners-Lee
Committee · 1
URL → Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)
Domain · 1
URL → World Wide Web

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Important terminology

web uri resource component path file name subcomponent html uniform syntax colon use page slashes also http https preceded empty

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
URLAbbreviationURL1.00infobox
URLAuthorsTim Berners-Lee1.00infobox
URLBase standards.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
URLBase standardsRFC 4248 – "The telnet URI Scheme,"1.00infobox
URLBase standardsRFC 4266 – "The gopher URI Scheme,"1.00infobox
URLBase standardsRFC 6068 – "The 'mailto' URI Scheme,"1.00infobox
URLBase standardsRFC 6270 – "The 'tn3270' URI Scheme,"1.00infobox
URLCommitteeWeb Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)1.00infobox
URLDomainWorld Wide Web1.00infobox
URLEditorsAnne van Kesteren1.00infobox
URLFirst published1994; 32 years ago (1994)1.00infobox
URLLatest versionLiving Standard 20231.00infobox
URLLicenseCC BY 4.01.00infobox
URLOrganizationInternet Engineering Task Force (IETF)1.00infobox
URLRelated standardsURI, URN1.00infobox
URLSeriesRequest for Comments (RFC)1.00infobox
URLStatusPublished1.00infobox
URLWebsiteurl.spec.whatwg.org1.00infobox
URLis aspecific type of Uniform Resource Identifier0.90text

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