URL

abbreviation for

, Computers.

1. Uniform Resource Locator: a protocol for specifying addresses on the internet.
2. an address that identifies a particular file on the internet, usually consisting of the protocol, as http, followed by the domain name.

URL

abbreviation for

1. uniform resource locator; a standardized address of a location on the internet, esp on the World Wide Web

URL

/ yo̅o̅′är-ĕl′ /

1. Short for Uniform Resource Locator . An Internet address (for example, http://www.hmco.com/trade/ ), usually consisting of the access protocol ( http ), the domain name ( www.hmco.com ), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that server ( trade ).

URL

1. An abbreviation for U niversal R esource L ocator, a title that refers to the formal address of a document on the Internet .

Word History and Origins

Origin of URL¹

First recorded in 1990–95