What does URL mean when it refers to computers?

I just want to know what the letters URL means? I don't know a whole lot about computers.

What does URL mean when it refers to computers?kawasaki

Uniform Resource Locator.

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URL = Uniform Resource Locator.

An example of an URL is: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a technical, Web-related term used in two distinct meanings:

in popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)鈥攎any popular and technical texts will use the term "URL" when referring to URI;

in strict technical usage, it is a subset of URI specific to identifiers who are primarily locators.

The standard pronunciation of 鈥淯RL鈥?is as an initialism (鈥淯-R-L鈥?, but some people pronounce 鈥淯RL鈥?as an acronym (鈥淓arl鈥?.

rest at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Url
Uniform Resource Locator. It basically desribes a way to get to something. Example: The way to get to Yahoo! would be: www.yahoo.com. The URL for Yahoo! is www.yahoo.com
Uniform Resource Locator = URL. Basically, a global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web (that thing you type into the address bar above)
Uniform Resource Locator," this is the address of a resource on the Internet. World Wide Web URLs begin with http://
Uniform Resource Locator

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a technical, Web-related term used in two distinct meanings:

* in popular usage, it is a widespread synonym for Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)鈥攎any popular and technical texts will use the term "URL" when referring to URI;

* in strict technical usage, it is a subset of URI specific to identifiers who are primarily locators.

The standard pronunciation of 鈥淯RL鈥?is as an initialism (鈥淯-R-L鈥?, but some people pronounce 鈥淯RL鈥?as an acronym (鈥淓arl鈥?.

Want to knoe more about URL, here's the link :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL

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