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URLs

Every web page has its own address called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Much like the address on an envelope with a name, street address, city, state, and zip code, each part of a URL provides information about the web page.

Here is a sample URL and descriptions of its components:
http://www.oaklandcc.edu/library/googlescholar/nutshell.htm

http-type of Internet connection, hypertext transfer protocol
www-host computer/server name
oaklandcc-Oakland Community College is the second-level domain name
edu-top-level domain name
library-directory name
googlescholar-second-level directory name
nutshell.htm-page name
html or htm-type of file, hypertext mark-up language
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