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  2. URL - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Uniform Resource Identifier - Wikipedia

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    URL is a useful but informal concept: a URL is a type of URI that identifies a resource via a representation of its primary access mechanism (e.g., its network "location"), rather than by some other attributes it may have. [19] As such, a URL is simply a URI that happens to point to a resource over a network.

  4. List of URI schemes - Wikipedia

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    URL scheme in the GNOME desktop environment to access file(s) with administrative permissions with GUI applications in a safer way, instead of sudo, gksu & gksudo, which may be considered insecure GNOME Virtual file system

  5. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    UMPC—Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer; UMTS—Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; UNC—Universal Naming Convention; UNIVAC—Universal Automatic Computer (By MKS) UPS—Uninterruptible Power Supply or Uninterrupted Power Supply; URI—Uniform Resource Identifier; URL—Uniform Resource Locator; URN—Uniform Resource Name; USB ...

  6. List of information technology initialisms - Wikipedia

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    URL: Uniform Resource Locator Web address URL spec (1994) USB: Universal Serial Bus Physical and other layers USB 3.0 Specification: UTP: Unshielded twisted pair Physical Many versions are defined by TIA, such as: TIA-568-B: VC: Virtual circuit Transport and other layers Telecom Glossary: VLAN: Virtual local area network Link layer IEEE 802.1Q ...

  7. OpenURL - Wikipedia

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    The most common application of OpenURL is to assist in the resolution of a request for a web resource (such as an online article). An OpenURL includes information about the referenced resource itself, and context information — both the context in which the OpenURL occurs (for example, a page of search results from a library catalog) and the context of the request (for example, the particular ...

  8. Explainer: What common cryptocurrency terms mean - AOL

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    Self-executing contracts with the terms of the agreement directly written into code. Built on blockchain technology, smart contracts automatically fulfill their obligations once specific ...

  9. Glossary of Internet-related terms - Wikipedia

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    clueless user; everybody giving a hard time to (computer) administrators Jank flickering in a user interface, due to the software generating the interface being unable to update quickly enough for the display's frame rate. [2] Lag