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URL

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.
URL   (yōō'är-ěl')   
n.  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).

[u(niform) r(esource) l(ocator).]

URL

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

URL

/U-R-L/ or /erl/ n. Uniform Resource Locator, an address widget that identifies a document or resource on the World Wide Web. This entry is here primarily to record the fact that the term is commonly pronounced both /erl/, and /U-R-L/ (the latter predominates in more formal contexts).

URL 
by 1990, acronym from uniform resource locator.
URL   (y'är-ěl')  Pronunciation Key 
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
  1. uniform resource locator
  2. sometimes universal resource locator
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