uniform resource locator

Computers.

1. Uniform Resource Locator: a protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet.
2. an address that identifies a particular file on the Internet, usually consisting of the protocol, as http, followed by the domain name.

abbreviation for

1. uniform resource locator; a standardized address of a location on the internet, esp on the World Wide Web

by 1990, initialism from uniform resource locator.

1. See URL.

1. Short for Uniform Resource Locator. An Internet address (for example, http://www.hmco.com/trade/), usually consisting of the access protocol (http), the domain name (www.hmco.com), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on that server (trade).

An abbreviation for Universal Resource Locator, a title that refers to the formal address of a document on the Internet.