What Is a URL? Web Addresses Explained Simply
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0:00 [Music] if you've ever clicked a link or typed a web address you've used a URL it stands for uniform resource
0:09 locator think of it like a street address with each portion of the URL as a different part of the address providing different
0:18 information a URL begins with the scheme which tells your browser what type of address it is the most common ones are HTTP and
0:28 https which is used when extra security is needed your browser usually hides the scheme to reduce clutter and typically you don't need to include it the main
0:38 part of the URL is the domain name this will often tell you the company that runs the site such as Amazon or Facebook the domain name begins with a
0:50 subdomain www is one of the most common examples and it can often be omitted but there are other subdomains that need to be included like this
1:00 which leads to the accounts page for ninj gear.com the rightmost part of the domain name is the top level
1:10 domain is the most common one and you can see it on any type of site there are many other types of top level domains used for educational institutions
1:20 organizations government sites and even specific countries after the domain name a URL may have a file path which directs the
1:29 browser to a specific page within the site like this page for a burrito costume or this one for a toothbrush costume some URLs may include a
1:41 parameter string or an anchor a parameter string begins with a question mark and provides the server with information to load the correct web page
1:51 an anchor begins with a hashtag and directs your browser to a specific part of a long page let's see what we can learn from this URL the domain name
2:01 tells us it's Wikipedia the parameter indicates it's probably about burritos and the anchor shows that we're
2:08 looking at a section on breakfast burritos so now you know the most common parts of a
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