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 URL-- Uniform Resource Locator

 *...a networked extension of the standard filename concept* according to the folks who developed *Mosaic*, the first modern web browser ("more details":http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/demoweb/url-primer.html)

 Typical web site locators begin with ' http://www... ' which implies a web site whose name begins with *www...* and whose software is prepared to accept *!HyperText Transfer Proticol* requests from browsers on the Internet.

 Some sites will accept *File Transfer Protocol* requests. Their !URLs start ' ftp://... '

 Even a personal computer's own hard disc can be referenced. It's files have long names, !URLs which begin ' file://... '

 A URL like ' /groups/PlanningCommunication/ '  is considered a *relative* locator: it does not begin with ' http://... ' It is considered *relative* as in *relatively close*, as in search *starting right here*. These are convenient for links within our web site.  ' /groups/PlanningCommunication/ ' links to the group folder for the Planning, Marketing, and Communications committee.

 The expression *Uniform Reference Locator* may be replaced in the future by the expression URI-- Uniform Resource Identifiers ("more details":http://www.w3.org/Addressing/)