Anatomy of a url

• The url (uniform resource locator) is the web address . . .
  
  
  
  Consists of several parts
  
  
  http://
  HyperText Transfer Protocol.
  Rules for how to display the page.
  
  
  //www.americaslibrary.gov/
  //www.AmericasLibrary.gov/
  Domain name
  Case is not important.
  However, no spaces.
  
  
  /cgi-bin/
  Directory/Path
  Case IS important.
  
  
  page.cgi (page.htm or page.html or just page)
  File name
  Case IS important.

 
• If you simply enter a word - Sony . . .
  The browser will first try http://www.Sony.com/
  If that doesn't work, the browser will conduct a web search using its default search engine.

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