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Definition:

A URL is the address of a website on the World Wide Web.

Explanation:

To visit a website, you type the URL into a browser. URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. Other Internet resources have URL's, too, but if the URL starts with "http://" then you know it's on the World Wide Web.

Sentence:

"The URL for the NASA website is http://www.nasa.gov."

 

 

Find out More!

• Go directly to "URL" in the TechEncyclopedia.
  
  
• Look it up yourself in the FOLDOC dictionary.