| The URL consists of the protocol that is to be used to access the file resource, a pathname, a hierarchical description, which specifies the location of the particular file in the computer and a domain name, which identifies a specific computer on the Internet. | | The URL consists of the protocol that is to be used to access the file resource, a pathname, a hierarchical description, which specifies the location of the particular file in the computer and a domain name, which identifies a specific computer on the Internet. |
− | On the Web, which uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, or HTTP, a URL appears in the following manner http://www.abcd.org/def/def1234.txt, which specifies the use of HTTP (Web browser) application, a unique computer named www.abcd.org, and the location of a text page or file, def1234.txt, to be accessed on that computer, which has a pathname /def/def1234.txt. <ref>[http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/URL]</ref> | + | On the Web, which uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, or HTTP, a URL appears in the following manner <code><nowiki>http://www.abcd.org/def/def1234.txt</nowiki></code>, which specifies the use of HTTP (Web browser) application, a unique computer named www.abcd.org, and the location of a text page or file, def1234.txt, to be accessed on that computer, which has a pathname /def/def1234.txt. <ref>[http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/URL searchnetwork.techtarget.com]Definition URL</ref> |
− | The URL was first created in the year 1994 <ref>[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt]</ref> by Tim Berners-Lee and the URI working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force <ref>[http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/url-spec.txt]</ref>. Berners Lee had earlier used dots to separate the parts of the domain name inside URLs but he then regretted it and wished that he had used slashes throughout. For instance, he proposed that it is better to use http:com/sample/www/path/to/name instead of http://www.sample.com/path/to/name <ref>[http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ#etc w3.org] World Wide Web </ref>. Twenty years after creating the URL, Tim Berners-Lee in an interview to Times newspaper also held a light apology for using the forward slashes (//) before the domain name. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8306631.stm news.bbc.co.uk]</ref> | + | The URL was first created in the year 1994 <ref>[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt ietf.org] </ref> by Tim Berners-Lee and the URI working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force <ref>[http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/url-spec.txt w3.org]URL specifications</ref>. Berners Lee had earlier used dots to separate the parts of the domain name inside URLs but he then regretted it and wished that he had used slashes throughout. For instance, he proposed that it is better to use <code>http:com/sample/www/path/to/name</code> instead of <code><nowiki>http://www.sample.com/path/to/name</nowiki></code> <ref>[http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ#etc w3.org] World Wide Web </ref>. Twenty years after creating the URL, Tim Berners-Lee in an interview to Times newspaper also held a light apology for using the forward slashes (//) before the domain name. <ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8306631.stm news.bbc.co.uk]</ref> |