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As described earlier the Web is a collection of documents (Web pages)
stored on computers around the world. Just like every house has a
postal code, each Web page has an address describing where it can be
found. On the Web these addresses are called URLs.
Each URL has several parts which can be demonstrated using the
address: http://www.google.com/services/index.htm |
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| http:// | This part of the address indicates that it is a Web page. | ||
| www. | This indicates that the Web page you are looking at is part of the World Wide Web. Many Web sites do not use www but are still part of the Web. | ||
| google.com | This part of the address is the domain name and indicates the unique address of a Web site. The domain name also often indicates what the site is about, for example www.dog.com is a Web site about dogs. | ||
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The "/" symbol indicates you have moved into a specific directory in the Web sites. Directories are like the folders on your computer and help to organize Web pages in a Web sites. | ||
| index.htm | A word with ".htm" or "html" following it indicates the name of the specific page in the Web site you are looking at. | ||
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