Uniform resource locator

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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The string of characters that form a web address

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Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

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The global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. The first part of the address indicates what protocol to use, and the second part specifies the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located. For example, http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html .

Wordset Dictionary

the address of a web page on the world wide web

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

6 surface forms

acronym: URL
synonym: URL
alternatephrasing: Uniform Resource Locator
plural: Uniform resource locators
possessive: Uniform resource locator's
pluralpossessive: Uniform resource locators'

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