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title: "What is a URL?"  
description: "What is a URL?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2022-04-27  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/97001/what-is-a-url  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "internet", "networking"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is a URL?

What is a [URL](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2333/geting-current-page-url-in-mvc)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- **A URL** (Uniform Resource Locator) is a one-of-a-kind identifier that can be used to find a resource on the [**Internet**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50916/how-to-fix-slow-internet-browsing-issue-on-an-iphone-7-plus). A web address is another term for it. URLs are made up of several components, including a protocol and a domain name, that tell a web browser how and where to find a resource.
- End users access URLs by typing them into a browser's address bar or by clicking a hyperlink on a webpage, bookmark list, email, or from another application.
- The URL includes both the name of the protocol used to access a resource and the name of the resource itself. The first portion of a URL specifies which protocol should be used as the main access method. The second portion specifies the resource's IP address or domain name (and, in some cases, subdomain).

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