A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a protocol for specifying addresses on the internet. It's a reference to a resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a complete web address pointing to a specific file on the internet. For example, a URL can lead users to a website, a web page, or an image. A URL can tell you several things about the website: creator, audience, purpose, and sometimes country of origin.

Just as your home has an address to get all kinds of physical mail, and we use a formatted phone number(s) to get

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