The URL consists of a protocol that tells the web browser how to retrieve the file or a resource; a domain name which identifies a specific computer on the Internet; and a pathname, a hierarchical description, which specifies the location of the particular file on the computer. A computer referred here can also be called a web server which stores web pages and files associated with them and provide them to clients (web browsers) when a request is made in the form of accessing a URL. | The URL consists of a protocol that tells the web browser how to retrieve the file or a resource; a domain name which identifies a specific computer on the Internet; and a pathname, a hierarchical description, which specifies the location of the particular file on the computer. A computer referred here can also be called a web server which stores web pages and files associated with them and provide them to clients (web browsers) when a request is made in the form of accessing a URL. |