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The second part of the URL, in this case www.abcd.com, specifies a unique computer name. This name is a hierarchy of domains, descending from right to left and separated by a dot. The rightmost domain, or label, is the [[TLD]].

The second part of the URL, in this case www.abcd.com, specifies a unique computer name. This name is a hierarchy of domains, descending from right to left and separated by a dot. The rightmost domain, or label, is the [[TLD]].

   

   

Following the TLD, separated by backslash, is the location or pathname of a resource (in this example, a text file named def1234.txt), to be accessed on the computer.  

Following the TLD, separated by backslash, is the location or pathname of a resource (in this example, a text file named def1234.txt), to be accessed on the computer.<ref>[http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/URL searchnetwork.techtarget.com]Definition URL</ref><ref name="ietf">[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt ietf.org]RFC 1738</ref><ref name="www">[http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/url-spec.txt w3.org]URL specifications</ref>

<ref>[http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/URL searchnetwork.techtarget.com]Definition URL</ref><ref name="ietf">[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt ietf.org]RFC 1738</ref><ref name="www">[http://www.w3.org/Addressing/URL/url-spec.txt w3.org]URL specifications</ref>

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