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==From the [[ChristianMedia.ca]] [[Glossary]] [[Resources]]: [http://culture.christianmedia.ca Culture] | [http://dance.christianmedia.ca Dance] | [http://film.christianmedia.ca Film] | [http://music.christianmedia.ca Music] | [http://newmedia.christianmedia.ca New Media] | [http://news.christianmedia.ca News] | [http://performingarts.christianmedia.ca Performing Arts] | [http://publishing.christianmedia.ca Publishing] | [http://radio.christianmedia.ca Radio] | [http://television.christianmedia.ca Television] | [http://visualarts.christianmedia.ca Visual Arts] | [http://writing.christianmedia.ca Writing]==
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==From the [[ChristianMedia.ca]] [[Glossary]]==
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[[Resources]]: [http://culture.christianmedia.ca Culture] | [http://dance.christianmedia.ca Dance] | [http://film.christianmedia.ca Film] | [http://music.christianmedia.ca Music] | [http://newmedia.christianmedia.ca New Media] | [http://news.christianmedia.ca News] | [http://performingarts.christianmedia.ca Performing Arts] | [http://publishing.christianmedia.ca Publishing] | [http://radio.christianmedia.ca Radio] | [http://television.christianmedia.ca Television] | [http://visualarts.christianmedia.ca Visual Arts] | [http://writing.christianmedia.ca Writing]
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Uniform Resource Locator ('''URL''') is a string of characters conforming to a standardized format, which refers to a resource on the Internet (such as a document or an image) by its location.
 
Uniform Resource Locator ('''URL''') is a string of characters conforming to a standardized format, which refers to a resource on the Internet (such as a document or an image) by its location.
  
For example, the URL of this page on ChristianMedia.ca is<br> http://www.christianmedia.ca/wiki/index.php/URL
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For example, the '''URL''' of this page on ChristianMedia.ca is<br> http://www.christianmedia.ca/wiki/index.php/URL
  
  
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The term is typically pronounced as either a spelled-out initialism ("yoo arr ell") or as an acronym (earl or ural).
 
The term is typically pronounced as either a spelled-out initialism ("yoo arr ell") or as an acronym (earl or ural).
  
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee Tim Berners-Lee] created the URL in 1991 to allow the publishing of hyperlinks on the World Wide Web, a fundamental innovation in the history of the Internet. Since 1994, the URL has been subsumed into the more general Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), but URL is still a widely used term.
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee Tim Berners-Lee] created the URL in [[1991]] to allow the publishing of hyperlinks on the World Wide Web, a fundamental innovation in the history of the [[Internet]]. Since [[1994]], the URL has been subsumed into the more general Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), but URL is still a widely used term.

Latest revision as of 18:41, 7 August 2006

From the ChristianMedia.ca Glossary

Resources: Culture | Dance | Film | Music | New Media | News | Performing Arts | Publishing | Radio | Television | Visual Arts | Writing


Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a string of characters conforming to a standardized format, which refers to a resource on the Internet (such as a document or an image) by its location.


For example, the URL of this page on ChristianMedia.ca is
http://www.christianmedia.ca/wiki/index.php/URL


An HTTP URL, commonly called a web address, is usually shown in the address bar of a web browser.

The term is typically pronounced as either a spelled-out initialism ("yoo arr ell") or as an acronym (earl or ural).

Tim Berners-Lee created the URL in 1991 to allow the publishing of hyperlinks on the World Wide Web, a fundamental innovation in the history of the Internet. Since 1994, the URL has been subsumed into the more general Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), but URL is still a widely used term.