URL

abbreviation for

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.

URL

abbreviation for

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

URL

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

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of URL¹

First recorded in 1990–95

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Example Sentences

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Each chef who is on the site has their own URL.

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“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.”

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The page displayed an error message, and the URL had been altered to include “DEI.”

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For example, the EOT Archive has records that the University of North Texas requested a usaid.gov URL on a particular date, and received a 404 error message or another indication that content was no longer available.

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The fake GoFundMe had her exact information; the only difference was a slightly different webpage URL.

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