11. The Web at a Glance: Anatomy of a URL

Here's how to interpret the various parts of the URL for this page:

http -- Short for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, this indicates a Web document or directory.

www -- This indicates a page on the World Wide Web. (These days, the "www" is optional.)

learnthenet.com -- Called the domain name, it often indicates the name of a company, university, or organization. It can also tell you the country of origin.

www.learnthenet.com -- Together, these indicate the web server name.

web-at-a-glance -- This is a directory or folder on the web server that contains a group of related web pages within the website.

url-anatomy -- This is a folder inside the "web-at-a-glance" folder

page_01.php -- This is a web page inside the folder. (The same file might be named page_01.html) A URL doesn't always include the name of the web page, so you might see the URL of this page like this: http:// www. learnthenet.com/web-at-a-glance/url-anatomy/