URL (pronounced like the letters "U," "R," "L," not like the word "earl") stands for Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is the Internet address of a particular site or document available via the World Wide Web. The URL above is the address for the SRJC Library Hours web page.

URLs are composed of several parts, indicating

• the Internet protocol used to access the document or site you are trying to reach,
• the Internet address of the "host computer," on which the document you want is stored,
• the directory path on the host computer that will take you to the exact file you are trying to retrieve, and
• the name of the file you are trying to retrieve.

For more about URLs, see the definition of "URL" at Learn the Net's Glossary.
For some tips on looking at the URL when you evaluate the quality of a World Wide Web document, see Examining URLs