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  2. URL - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL

    A URL is a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), [2][3] although many people use the two terms interchangeably. [4][a] URLs occur most commonly to reference web pages (HTTP / HTTPS) but are also used for file transfer (FTP), email (mailto), database access (JDBC), and many other applications.

  3. Uniform Resource Identifier - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier

    A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), formerly Universal Resource Identifier, is a unique sequence of characters that identifies an abstract or physical resource, [1] such as resources on a webpage, mail address, phone number, [2] books, real-world objects such as people and places, concepts. [3] URIs are used to identify anything described ...

  4. Query string - Wikipedia

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    A query string is a part of a uniform resource locator (URL) that assigns values to specified parameters. A query string commonly includes fields added to a base URL by a Web browser or other client application, for example as part of an HTML document, choosing the appearance of a page, or jumping to positions in multimedia content.

  5. List of URI schemes - Wikipedia

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    URL scheme used by Apple's internal issue-tracking system. Apple (not public) rdar:// issue number example: rdar://10198949. Allows employees to link to internally-tracked issues from anywhere. Example of a private scheme which has leaked in to the public space and is widely seen on the internet, but can only be resolved by Apple employees. s3

  6. File URI scheme - Wikipedia

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    The character sequence of two slash characters (//) after the string file: denotes that either a hostname or the literal term localhost follows, [3] although this part may be omitted entirely, or may contain an empty hostname. [4] The single slash between host and path denotes the start of the local-path part of the URI and must be present. [5]

  7. Internationalized Resource Identifier - Wikipedia

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    RFC 3987. The Internationalized Resource Identifier (IRI) is an internet protocol standard which builds on the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) protocol by greatly expanding the set of permitted characters. [1][2][3] It was defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in 2005 in RFC 3987. While URIs are limited to a subset of the US ...

  8. data URI scheme - Wikipedia

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    The data URI scheme is a uniform resource identifier (URI) scheme that provides a way to include data in-line in Web pages as if they were external resources. It is a form of file literal or here document. This technique allows normally separate elements such as images and style sheets to be fetched in a single Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP ...

  9. URI fragment - Wikipedia

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    In computer hypertext, a URI fragment is a string of characters that refers to a resource that is subordinate to another, primary resource. The primary resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), and the fragment identifier points to the subordinate resource. The fragment identifier introduced by a hash mark # is the optional ...