URL Parts Explained:

Flash Card Review

http://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html

•Protocol•Tells us we are only going to view this document not copy it into our storage

http://

http://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html

•Domain Name (Server + Suffix)•Google is the server where the item is located•The Suffix tells us this is a commercial business

www.google.com

http://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html

•Suffix

•Tells us this is a commercial business

.com

http://www.google.com/webmasters/1.html

•Directory•These are the directions to the resource•1.html looks like it is also the name of the document**the html tells us what kind of document this is….one written in hypertext markup language.

/webmasters/1.html

http://www.poorrichard.com/newsltr/instruct/subsplain.htm

•Protocol•Tells us we are only going to view this document not copy it into our storage

http://

http://www.poorrichard.com/newsltr/instruct/subsplain.htm

•Domain Name (Server + Suffix)•The server poorrichard is where the item is located.•The suffix .com tells us it is a commercial business.

www.poorrichard.com

http://www.poorrichard.com/newsltr/instruct/subsplain.htm

•Directory

•These are the directions to the resource

/newsltr/instruct/

http://www.poorrichard.com/newsltr/instruct/subsplain.htm

•This (subsplain) is the name of the actual document you are trying to get to.**.ppt tells the kind of document is a PowerPoint

subsplain.ppt

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/maintaining/default.ppt

•Protocol•Tells us we are only going to view this document not copy it into our storage

http://

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/maintaining/default.ppt

•Domain Name (Server + Suffix)•The server microsoft is where the item is located.•The suffix .com tells us this is a commercial business.

www.microsoft.com

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/maintaining/default.ppt

•Suffix

•Tells us this is a commercial business

.com

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/maintaining/default.ppt

•Directory

•These are the directions to the resource

/windows98/usingwindows/maintaining/

http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/usingwindows/maintaining/default.ppt

•default is the name of the actual document you are trying to get to.

**.exl tells us the document is a excel spreadsheet.

default.exl

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SKeulLPJAo

•Domain Name (Server + Suffix)•Youtube is the name of the server where the item is located•.com tells us that it is a commercial business.

www.youtube.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SKeulLPJAo

•This symbol tells us that some kind of calculation is going to be performed before the document is retrieved.

?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SKeulLPJAo

•This tells us we are going to a specific document named

“4SKeuiLPJAo”

What does the = sign tell us about this document?

What does the following mean if you see it in a URL?

It means you are going to be looking at someone’s personal

web page.

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