A URL Identifies a Web Resource
A URL, or Uniform Resource Locator, gives a client information used to identify and access a resource.
Consider:
- New
- Changed
- Removed
Now the URL is less mysterious.
It supplies structured information the browser can use to determine:
- how to communicate;
- which host to contact;
- which resource path to request.
The next step is learning how query parameters can add user-supplied information to that request.