The Essential Web A presentation at Computers in Libraries 2000, March 2000
Karen Hartman Ernest Ackermann  

 

The form of a URL

how-to-get-there :// where -to-go / what-to-get

Protocol: Internet protocol to use

Server name:
Internet domain name on the Web		 File or directory name: Full Path name -- leading directories and file name -- of the file holding the information

Here's an example:

http :// www.mwc.edu / ~ernie/Glossaires/list.html

Protocol: http

 Server name:
www.mwc.edu		 File or directory name:
~ernie/Glossaries/list.html

Other examples

Karen Hartman
khartman@mwc.edu		 Ernest Ackermann
ernie@paprika.mwc.edu
Presented at Computers in Libraries 2000 March 2000