URL- Universal Resource Locator
The location/address of things on the Internet
URLs are used to describe resources on the Internet. The formula for
a generic URL is as follows:
scheme://<login>|<password>@host/dir
OR
scheme://host/dir (when no login/password required)
scheme
What protocol the resource uses
Examples
- ftp=file transfer protocol
- http=hypertext transfer protocol (Web page)
- telnet=remotely login to another computer more
login
Userid required to access resource If a public or anonymous account
will use the word anonymous or guest
password
Password required to access resource If a public or anonymous account
will use nothing or your email address as a courtesy
dir
This indicates the path including possibly a filename of the resource.
path=/dir
Examples of URLs
- http://www.monterey.edu (CSUMB homepage)
- scheme=http use your web browser.
- login= none.
- password= none.
- host=www.monterey.edu
- dir= none.
- ftp://<fun>:<p1>@ftp.host.com/funstuff/fun.doc
- scheme=ftp use your ftp software.
- login= fun
- password= p1
- host= ftp.host.com
- dir= /funstuff/fun.doc
- ftp://ftp.apple.com/appleinfo
- scheme ftp use your ftp software.
- login= anonymous
- password= none or use your email address as courtesy
- host= ftp.apple.com
- dir= /appleinfo
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