Absolute URL

This type of URL contains both the domain name and directory/page path. An absolute URL gives complete location information. It begins with a protocol like “http://” and continues, including every detail. An absolute URL typically comes with the following syntax.

Syntax:

protocol://domain/path

For web browsing, absolute URLs are types in the address bar of a web browser. For example, if it is related to our project page link on w3wiki website, the URL should be mentioned as https://www.w3wiki.org/computer-science-projects/ this gives the complete information about the file location path.

Note: The protocol may be of the following types.

http://, https://, ftp://, gopher://, etc.

URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. Any internet location available on the server is called a web URL, web address, or website. Each website or webpage has a unique address called URL. e.g., the website of w3wiki website has an address or URL called https://www.w3wiki.org/

• type: It specifies the type of the server in which the file is located.
• address: It specifies the address or location of the internet server.
• path: It specifies the location of the file on the internet server.

Types of URL: URL gives the address of files created for webpages or other documents like an image, pdf for a doc file, etc.

There are two types of URLs: