Here is a sample URL:
http://www.hbsx.com/telephone-systems-s/2803.htm
http:// stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol and that basically tells the computer that we are looking to “Transfer” “Hyper Text” (a webpage) from the Internet to your computer. When typing a web address into Internet Explorer you usually do not even have to type the “http://” because the computer assumes it.
www stands for World Wide Web, which is the body of software rules and protocols that make up what we know of as the Internet. Just about every webpage you will ever view is a part of the World Wide Web.
hbsx this example stands for Hungate Business Services eXperience and it is technically the “second level domain name.”
com is an example of a “top level domain name.” “.org” is primarily used by non-profits, “.edu” is commonly used by schools and universities, “.gov” is used by the government, and the now famous “.com” is primarily for commercial websites. Together, hbsx.com could be described as our “domain name.”
telephone-systems-s/ if you remember the old days of DOS (before we had mice and folders on the screen) you might remember switching folder levels using the “/”. If you do not remember it’s OK, but you should know that “/telephone-systems-s/” tells the computer to go to a folder labeled “telephone-systems-s” that is inside the root folder for hbsx.com.
2803.htm is the actual file name of this webpage. More specifically, “2803” is the name of the file and “.htm” is the file extension, which tells the computer what kind of file it is. “.htm” stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, which is the language most web pages are written in.
There you have it; the web address (URL) explained.
