How does a Web address work? Do you get frustrated trying to understand when caps are important? The example below looks at the four parts of a Web address and explains each part.
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#1 : When To Use "Caps" here
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http:
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//www.amazon.com/
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travel/italy/Rome/
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default.html
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#2 : What Are The Parts of a Web Address? There
are 4 parts -- here
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http:
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//www.amazon.com/
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travel/italy/Rome/
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default.html
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1st
protocol |
2nd
machine address |
3rd
path |
4th
file name |
2 = machine address : this section of a URL identifies the server that has the requested resource (Web page). This section is not case sensitive, so upper and lower caps don't matter. Machines on the Internet are identified by their Internet protocol ("IP") address, so every machine address is unique (as assigned by InterNIC through the domain name registration process). An IP address is represented by a series of numbers separated by dots (ex: http://142.103.104.1). When a domain name (ex: www.myco.com) is entered, a DNS server kicks in and automatically looks up the text domain name and converts it to its digital equivalent. A machine address always starts with 2 forward slashes and ends with a single forward slash. Note: If there is a colon and a number after the top-level domain (ex: .com), this is a server port number.
