(1) A uniform resource locator (URL) is the address (or specification of the location) of a resource, such as on a computer network such as the Web or the Internet.
(2) A uniform resource locator (URL) is a uniform resource identifier (URI) that provides a means of locating the resource by describing its primary access mechanism, such as its location on a computer network such as the Web or the Internet.
Acronym is URL.
See also: uniform resource identifier (URI).
See the W3C's Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax.
See the Wikipedia article on "Uniform resource locator".
See the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition for "URL".
Singular of uniform resource locators (URLs).
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