URL

URL is the global address of a document present in the web. Also called as Web Address, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the way to locate and access any resource that is available on the internet. The name of the protocol which is necessary for accessing the resource is available in the URL. The first part of the URL contains the protocol that is to be used and the second part detects the IP address or the domain name of the resource that needs to be located. HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and HTTPS (HTTP Secure) are the protocols used for locating web resources like websites. To access email address, mailto protocol is used. ftp is used to locate a file from the File Transfer Protocol(FTP) server and to access remote computers telnet is used.