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protocol://dns.address:port/path/to/requested/information | protocol://dns.address:port/path/to/requested/information | ||
=Protocol://= | |||
This is most commonly http://, https:// or ftp://. But can be smb://, afp://, rss://, etc. | |||
Please note that file:/// is used in places and the extra / refers the root of the local file system | |||
=dns.address= | |||
Is either a fully qualifed domain name (FQDN) or can be a short domain name if your local name service resolver is configured to try certain sub domains. | |||
=:port= | |||
This is always optional and is always a numeric value, eg. :8000 | |||
=/path/to/requested/information= | |||
This is optional but most of the time you will see some path information appended to your [URL] | |||
Revision as of 21:09, 24 September 2008
Uniform Resource Locator ( also refered to as a URI though not exactly the same)
protocol://dns.address:port/path/to/requested/information
Protocol://
This is most commonly http://, https:// or ftp://. But can be smb://, afp://, rss://, etc.
Please note that file:/// is used in places and the extra / refers the root of the local file system
dns.address
Is either a fully qualifed domain name (FQDN) or can be a short domain name if your local name service resolver is configured to try certain sub domains.
:port
This is always optional and is always a numeric value, eg. :8000
/path/to/requested/information
This is optional but most of the time you will see some path information appended to your [URL]