URL Syntax

• URLs specify the location of files on other servers.

• It includes the type of resource, server address, and file location.

• The syntax is

scheme://host.domain [:port]/path/filename

where scheme is one of

file a file on your local system

ftp a file on an anonymous FTP server

http a file on a World Wide Web server (hypertext transfer

gopher a file on a Gopher server protocol)

WAIS a file on a WAIS server

news a Usenet newsgroup

telnet a connection to a Telnet-based service

The port number can generally be omitted.

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