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Web Address (URL)Basics
- Protocol - a set of rules that communicate digital transactions.
- URL - Uniform Resource Locator - a universal addressing system - a system that every computer can understand to locate every document on the Internet. It is like a street address with specific meanings.
http://www.asafercompany.com/aboutus/index.html
- http - hypertext transfer protocol - define the protocol for transfer: Web pages travel the Internet via HTTP. It is a set of rules that links documents or pages together.
- www - world wide web
- asafercompany.com - the registered domain name or the address of the server. Registering your own domain name gives your website a professional appearance.
- .com - commercial sites
- .edu - educational site like colleges and universities
- .gov - government
- .org - nonprofit organizations
- .net - network sites such as service providers
- many countries have their own two-letter code such as .au for Australia or .fr for France
- /aboutus/ - directory path name
- index.html - the file name
- .html - hypertext markup language - rules to format text, add graphics, sound, video, determine colors and division of space and communicate with search engines.
- .php - PHP programs
- .pl - Perl programs
- .css - cascading style sheets
- IP address - a number that identifies a specific computer connection to the Internet
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