URL

URL redirects here. For other uses of URL, see URL (disambiguation).

A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a Uniform Resource Identifier which, “in addition to identifying a resource, [provides] a means of locating the resource by describing its primary access mechanism (e.g., its network ‘location’).”^[1]

URL schemes

Among URI schemes, the following are a sample of those which people have historically classified as URL schemes.

• http
• https
• ftp
• mailto
• ldap
• file
• news
• gopher
• telnet
• data
• irc

Pronunciation of “URL”

Some people pronounce “URL” as an initialism (“U-R-L”). Other people pronounce “URL” as an acronym (“Earl”). Preference may vary between populations.

See also

• Extensible Resource Identifier (XRI)
• History of the Internet
• Internationalized Resource Identifier (IRI)
• Percent-encoding
• Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
• URL normalization
• Website

References

1. ^ Tim Berners-Lee, Roy T. Fielding, Larry Masinter. (January 2005). “Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax”. Internet Society. RFC 3986; STD 66.