URL

URL, which stands for uniform resource locator, indicates where a resource is located on the Internet, and also specifies the method of retrieval. A URL specification combines the system of domain names with Unix file path syntax, utilizing forward slashes to separate folder and file names. URLs typically maintain very specific syntax that begins with the scheme name, a colon, a domain name or IP address, a port number, the path of the resource to be fetched, a query string, and an optional fragment identifier. The syntax appears as follows: scheme://domain:port/path?query_string#fragment_id. URLs primarily specify domain names, and can additionally serve to act as an identifying resource.