definitions

URL

Computers.

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

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British Dictionary definitions for uniform resource locator

URL

abbreviation for

uniform resource locator; a standardized address of a location on the internet, esp on the World Wide Web
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Science definitions for uniform resource locator (1 of 2)

uniform resource locator

[ yōō′nə-fôrm′ ]

See URL.

Science definitions for uniform resource locator (2 of 2)

URL

[ yōō′är-ĕl′ ]

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).
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Culture definitions for uniform resource locator

URL

An abbreviation for Universal Resource Locator, a title that refers to the formal address of a document on the Internet.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.