web address

American  

Or Web address

noun

1. Computers. URL.

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web address British  

noun

1. computing another name for URL

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Web address Cultural  

1. The location on the Internet of a certain company, server, or file. (See URL.)

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Etymology

Origin of web address

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Those links, which appear connected to the state government website, were interspersed with legitimate web address for the business services and other information provided by the secretary of state.

From Los Angeles Times

To keep the technical gibberish at a minimum, let’s just say that something failed in its Domain Name System, which enables the system to translate the web address you type into your browser to communicate with the website itself.

From Los Angeles Times

In the case of my client, journalist Timothy Burke, the government alleges that he downloaded the unencrypted and unprotected contents of an interview between Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Kanye West from a publicly accessible server by determining the web address used for the transmission.

From Slate

You should be wary of fake websites and check the web address belongs to the official brand before you enter any financial or personal information, according to Which?.

From BBC

After examining the URL, or web address, of one scam page he said it was most likely a paid-for Facebook advert.

From BBC