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URL

By Linda Roeder, About.com

Definition: When you go to a Web page, the URL of that page is everything that is showing up in the address window of your browser including the http:// and all that comes after it.
Also Known As: Uniform Resource Locator, Web site address
Examples: If I give you the URL of my Web site you will be able to come see what I've done with it.

The URL of my Web site is http://personalweb.about.com and the URL of About is http://about.com.

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