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U R Ls

Every Web page has its own address called a Uniform Resource Locator (U R L). Much like the address on an envelope with a name, street address, city, province, and postal code, each part of a U R L provides information about the Web page.

Here is a sample U R L and descriptions of its components.

h t t p : // w w w . u n b . c a / a d m i s s i o n . h t m l

h t t p - type of Internet connection, hypertext transfer protocol
w w w - host computer or server name
u n b - University of New Brunswick is the second-level domain name
c a - Canada, the top-level domain name
a d m i s s i o n - page name
h t m l - type of file, hypertext mark-up language

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