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The Research ProcessFinding BooksFinding ArticlesUsing the WWWCiting Sources

The Internet

You are here Analysis of a URL

The Web & Research

Finding Information on the Web

Evaluating Web Sources

Citing Web Sources

Further Resources

Quiz

 

Analysis of a URL

Analysis of a URL


1. http://cooklibrary.towson.edu/infotutor/index.cfm

http:// - Transfer Protocol or Server Type:
The first part of the address, "http" (hypertext transport protocol) is the method by which HTML (hypertext markup language) files are transferred over the Web. HTML is the coding that creates web pages. A browser, like Internet Explorer or Netscape, reads this code and displays the pages in the user-friendly format that makes the Web so easy to browse with a click of the mouse.


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