Wednesday 13 October 2010

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN URI AND URL

URI (Universal resource Identifier) as the name implies are identifiers that points out a resource, while URL is used for identifiers that pionts out a location.

URL therefore can be seen as a part of the URI.

URL as described above provides a location and the protocol that would be used to access the stored data.

So it would be safe to call a hyperlink as a URI no matter what it points to, what the name is, and what protocol is used to access the data.

To sum it up, URL is simply a subgroup that is contained by the URI. It was only meant to point to the location of the resource with an indication of the protocol needed.

Read more: Difference Between URI and URL | Difference Between | URI vs URL http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-uri-and-url/

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