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URL - Uniform Resource Locator

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Definition: URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is the address of a document or other resource on the Internet. RFC 1738
Pronunciation: yoo are el (sometimes "erl") - abbreviation
Examples: http://webdesign.about.com/index.htm is a URL.

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