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2. URL shortening - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_shortening

   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. Web technique For information about short URLs for pages on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:URLShortener. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find ...

3. TinyURL - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinyURL

   TinyURL is a URL shortening web service, which provides short aliases for redirection of long URLs. Kevin Gilbertson, a web developer, launched the service in January 2002 [1] as a way to post links in newsgroup postings which frequently had long, cumbersome addresses.

4. URL redirection - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL_redirection

   The typical benefit to the user is the use of a memorable domain name, and a reduction in the length of the URL or web address. A redirecting link can also be used as a permanent address for content that frequently changes hosts, similarly to the Domain Name System. Hyperlinks involving URL redirection services are frequently used in spam ...

5. Wikipedia:URLShortener - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:URLShortener

   On this page, you will be able to enter any web address from a service hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, to generate a short URL, and to copy it and reuse it anywhere. The format of the URL is w.wiki/ followed by a string of letters and numbers. You can already test this, for example: https://w.wiki/3 redirects to wikimedia.org

6. Rewrite engine - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewrite_engine

   There can, however be drawbacks as well; if a user wants to modify a URL to retrieve new data, URL rewriting may hinder the construction of custom queries due to the lack of named variables. For example, it may be difficult to determine the date from the following format:

7. URL - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL

   A uniform resource locator (URL), colloquially known as an address on the Web, [1] is a reference to a resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] although many people use the two terms interchangeably.