The Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

The Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
The ability to easily locate and link to resources on the Web is made possible by the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)—also called an address. The general format for a URL is:
protocol://hostname:port/path/filename.ext
The following is an example address that points to the page containing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the i-Net+ certification. This page is located on CompTIA's Web server:
http://www.comptia.org:80/certification/inetplus/faqs.htm
Next, we will use this example to examine each part of a URL.