A Hands-on Introduction to Web Site Design
URL Formats

URL stands for Universal Resource Locator. A URL is used to identify a location of interest as well as the protocol a browser should use to access the location's data. Three URLs are of particular interest to us. These are:

Protocol	Commonly Seen Format
http	http://www.umuc.edu/prog/wkforce/inst.html
ftp	ftp://info.umd.edu/ReadingRoom/Fiction/FairyTales/vain-crow
file	file:///a|/b_templates/info.txt

URLs have four parts:

1. How, the protocol - http, ftp, or file
2. Where, the domain - www.umuc.edu/, info.umd.edu/, or a:/
3. Where, the path on the domain - prog/wkforce/, ReadingRoom/Fiction/FairyTales/, or b_templates/
4. What - ins.html, vain-crow, or info.txt

URLs are case sensitive so take care when entering one.