One option on the WWW browser menu is to go to a specific file or document. A Uniform Resource Locator, or URL pronounced earl, is a unique global Internet identifier used by World Wide Web that allows any object anywhere on the Internet to be described even though these objects are accessed using a variety of protocols. This is done by specifying its URL.
URL or location prompt asks that you type in the method, the site, and the document or filename. One way to think about URLs is to use libraries and books as a metaphor. A URL for library books could be a unique call number that would give the exact location of every book in the world, including the country, city, street, and library shelf location.
The Lynx Commands section in this guide has important information on the G)o command that opens a prompt for entering a URL. Some URL entries are case sensitive so be sure that you type the appropriate case to each letter.
Below are examples of URLs:
gopher://halcon.dpi.udec.cl/1
This URL is for a Chilean gopher main menu.
wais://wais.eff.org:210/comp-acad-freedom
This URL is for the Electronic Frontier Foundations files on Academic
Freedom.
ftp://bongo.cc.utexas.edu/microlib
This URL is for UT FTP site microlib.
http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/DataSources/ByAccess.html
This URL is for CERN’s WorldWideWeb Hypertext Markup Language page.
URLs are beginning to gain acceptance as the standard way to cite Internet
resources. They are particularly valuable in that they can be read by both
machines and humans. Many WWW client programs allow you to type in a
URL (or a location) and the program will then connect you to the cited
resource.
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