Uniform resource locator (URL) is an address for data stored on the Internet. For example, websites consist of individual web pages, and each page has its own URL. People can view a web page by typing its URL into a computer program called a web browser. The web browser then finds the web page’s data on the Internet and displays it on the computer.
The URL of a web page typically begins with the code http://www. The http stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol, the set of rules that controls how web page data are distributed over the Internet. The www stands for the World Wide Web. Websites are typically organized around a certain domain name, such as encyclopediahub.com. All of the web pages that make up such a website contain the same domain name in their URL’s.
The .com in such a URL is called the top-level domain. It stands for commercial. Other top-level domains include .edu for universities, .gov for the United States government, and .org for nonprofit organizations. Two-letter top-level domains indicate country names, such as .ca for Canada and .jp for Japan.
