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URL

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˌjuː ɑːr ˈel/abbreviationCore term

In software engineering, URL means: Uniform Resource Locator: the full address of a page or file on the web, such as https://example.com/blog?page=2.

In Turkish: URL, web adresi, bağlantı adresi

How it is used

Usually said letter by letter. Developers talk about the parts of a URL (protocol, domain, path, query string and fragment) and say things like 'paste the URL' or 'the URL changes when you filter'.

Example sentences

  1. Can you send me the URL of the page where you see the error?

  2. Keep the search filters in the URL so users can share the results.

Common collocations

  • paste the URL
  • URL path
  • query string
  • canonical URL
  • clean URLs
  • domain nameThe readable address of a website, such as example.com, which people type instead of a numeric IP address.
  • HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol: the set of rules that browsers and servers use to send requests and responses across the web.
  • browserA program such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Edge that downloads web pages and turns their code into the screens people read and use.
  • endpointA specific URL of an API that accepts requests for one kind of action, such as GET /users to list users or POST /orders to create an order.

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