What is the full form of URL

URL: Uniform Resource Locator

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is also known as web address when it is used with http. It was created in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee. URL is a specific character string that is used to access data from the World Wide Web. It is a type of URI (Uniform Resource Identifier).

Every URL contains the following information:

• The scheme name or protocol.
• A colon, two slashes.
• A host, normally called a domain name but sometimes as a literal IP address.
• A colon followed by a port number.
• Full path of the resource.

The URL of a web page is displayed above on the page in the address bar. A typical URL looks like this:

The above URL contains:

• protocol: http
• host or domain: www.javatpoint.com
• Path of the resource: /full-form

What is URI

URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) is a generic term for all the name and addresses which show objects on the World Wide Web.