URL

American  

abbreviation

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.

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URL British  

abbreviation

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

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URL Scientific  

/ 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).

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URL Cultural  

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

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Etymology

Origin of URL

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

“The IP address of this first successful request had made 32 previous unsuccessful attempts at this URL over the course of the morning,” according to the review.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

The URL took young readers to extra content for the series until the website's content was switched.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

On the new computer, I typed the URL Cathy provided me into the browser.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

“And even though AI is building grammatically perfect phishing emails, most still have very minor inconsistencies in tone, strange URL patterns or attachments demanding immediate downloads.”

From Salon • Apr. 2, 2025

Then I disable my browser’s history, and type in the URL with trembling fingers.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu