Anatomy of a Web Address, continued

File Name-

identifies the specific file you are viewing; HTML files can end .htm, .html, .shtml. Images can be .gif or .jpg

HyperText Transfer Protocol-

tells server what kind of conversation we want to have.

http://www.reed.edu/~gronkep/index.html

www.reed.edu

http://

~gronkep/

Domain Name-

identifies the server you are contacting

index.html

Directory(s)-

folders, like on a desktop machine

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