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URL
The full address of one resource on the web.
A URL has parts: scheme (https), host (example.com), optional port, path (/work), query (?tab=2) and fragment (#top). The fragment never reaches the server. The browser keeps it for scrolling and in-page routing.
https://example.com:443/work?tab=2#topRelated terms
Where it shows up in a page load
- Step 1: You type a URL. The browser splits https://example.com/work into a scheme (https), a host (example.com) and a path (/work). Before anything else it needs to know which machine example.com is.
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