WEB ADDRESS

What is address?



An internet address of a website, file, or document in the general format
Every computer connected to the internet has its unique web address, without which it cannot be reached by other computers.
Also called universal resource locator or Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

Web address consists of :

• Protocol
•  Domain name
• Path
•   Web page name

http://www.kmph.matrik.edu.my/fizik/index.html

http://         : protocol

www.kmph.matrik.edu.my/     : domain name

fizik/    : path

index.html                             : web page name

Transfer protocol

•http://

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

-A set of rules that defines how pages transfer on the Internet

•https://

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

-A protocol to provide an encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web

server

-Often used for payment transactions on www.

•ftp://

File Transfer Protocol

-The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to transfer computer

files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet.