URL: An acronym for Uniform Resource Locator which essentially is a web file address. The URL tells the browser where the different files are stored and how to display them.
A URL is usually broken up into three to four different parts. For example the URL http://www.anywebsite.com/cows/corn.html contains the four basic parts:
-Scheme: http:// (This tells the browser what type of file it is about to open)
-Server Name/Domain Name: www.anywebsite.com(Tells the browser the location of the web page)
-Path: …/cows/…(Best described as a folder within the website)
-File Name: corn.html (The file within the final file to be displayed to the user)
A basic URL without the additional parts is the domain name (http://www.anywebsite.com) and is most often the homepage of the particular company.
See Also: Domain Name
Check out the Business Terms Guide for more useful definitions.
