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   protocol://dns.address:port/path/to/requested/information
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* Protocol:// - This is most commonly http://, https:// or ftp://.  But can be smb://, afp://, rss://, etc.
=Protocol://=
** Please note that file:/// is used in places and the extra / refers the root of the local file system
This is most commonly http://, https:// or ftp://.  But can be smb://, afp://, rss://, etc.
* 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 - Is always optional and is always a numeric value, eg.  :8000
Please note that file:/// is used in places and the extra / refers the root of the local file system
* /path/to/requested/information - This is optional but most of the time you will see some path information appended to your [URL]
 
=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]