http: protocol
// separators
www.cnn.com/ domain name
news/ subdirectory name
today.html document name (Web page)
Anatomy of a URL (Universal Resource :Locater)
The URL is a combination of five elements: protocol, separators, domain name, sub directories, and the document name
http:
protocol
//
separators
www.cnn.com/ domain name
news/ subdirectory
name
today.html document name (Web page)
* If you reach a dead link, sometimes you can erase the subdirectories and document name, leaving only the domain name, and still access the site. [remove /news/today.html and leave only http://www.cnn.com]
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Top Domain names |
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.edu - educational sites or
institutions, colleges and universities .com - commercial sites or business organizations .gov - government sites .mil - military sites .net - network resources within networks, which are networks running other networks, for example, local Internet gateway servers often are found in the domain .org - organizational sites, such as public and non-profit businesses and groups .int - international sites |
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Country Codes (if the
end extension is other than above, it may be a Web site from another
country): .uk (United Kingdom), .au (Australia), .fr (France), .it (Italy), .us (United States), .jp (Japan), .de (Germany), .se (Sweden), or .ca (Canada). |
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New Domain Names
In November 2000, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
announced the following new top level domains. These
names are not is popular use yet.
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