Written by Olufemi S.A. Bayode on 05 Aug 2020 @ 12:36:20 with comments
TweetWe have houses with home addresses on the street, and we have shops in shopping mall with their various shop numbers or ID; they direct us to the specific house or shop we want to go. So also, web addresses take us straight to our desired websites holding on to the fact that they are buildings as explained in the previous post. For example, www.slnconline.com.ng/store directs you to the store’s web page on this website where you can purchase and order for different materials. But typing just www.slnconline.com.ng into the web browser will only take you to the home page.
Every website has a unique web address or URL (uniform resource locator). This serves as a source to a web or online resources that defines their location on a computer network and a system of retrieving such resources. It also helps to identify and locate the exact type or version of a particular website a user is requesting through the web browser, and ensures that it’s displayed accordingly. This is because the web browser will know and understand which web server to talk to, to fetch and display the requested web resources. For instance, when the address: m.twitter.com is typed into the web browser, it fetches and displays the mobile version of the twitter website instead of the PC version regardless the device in use. Basically, web addresses are made up of three parts which include:
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Author: Olufemi S.A. Bayode