URL = Uniform Resource Locator Examples http://library.csueastbay.edu/online-resources
A = HyperText Transfer Protocol B = Server Address C = File Name NOTE: Many file names end in html or htm, which is Hyper Text Markup Language http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/MAYAS.HTM
A = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol B = Server Address C = If introduced by a tilde (~), it’s often a personal page or assigned to a single entity, e.g. department D = Sub-directory E = File Name http://www.nationalgeographic.com/inca/inca_culture.html
A = Hyper Text Transfer Protocol B = Server Address C = Sub-directory D = File Name Domain Names A domain name is the server address, i.e., the computer on which the data resides, and can be grouped according to its ending. Sample endings: .edu U.S. Educational Institutions .com U.S. Commercial Businesses .gov U.S. Government .org Non-profit Organizations .mil U.S. Military .net Network or Internet Service Providers For other countries, it’s usually a two digit code, e.g. .br Brazil .ca Canada .ch Switzerland .cn People’s Republic of China .de Germany .za South Africa _______________________________________________________________ copyright Aline Soules 2011 under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ |