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What is the full form of URL
URL: Uniform Resource Locator
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is the address of a resource, which can be a specific webpage or a file, on the internet. It is also known as web address when it is used with http. It was created in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee. URL is a specific character string that is used to access data from the World Wide Web. It is a type of URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).
Every URL contains the following information:
- The scheme name or protocol.
- A colon, two slashes.
- A host, normally called a domain name but sometimes as a literal IP address.
- A colon followed by a port number.
- Full path of the resource.
The URL of a web page is displayed above on the page in the address bar. A typical URL looks like this: