Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An Internet address (for example, http://hmhbooks.com/eref/), usually consisting of the access protocol (http), the domain name (hmhbooks.com), and optionally the path to a file or resource residing on the server where the domain name resides (eref).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • initialism A Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
  • abbreviation US, military, nautical unrestricted line officer

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the address of a web page on the world wide web

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[u(niform) r(esource) l(ocator).]

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Examples

  • Code: Select all background-image: url ( "{T_THEME_PATH}/images/mypicture. gif"); if you leave the image where it is, then using the complete URL is fine. if you want to use the variable, then move the image to the theme/images folder of your style robert

    phpBB.com Lumpy Burgertushie 2010

  • Code: Select all background-image: url ( "{T_THEME_PATH}/images/mypicture. gif"); if you leave the image where it is, then using the complete URL is fine. if you want to use the variable, then move the image to the theme/images folder of your style robert

    phpBB.com Lumpy Burgertushie 2010

  • Code: Select all background-image: url ( "{T_THEME_PATH}/images/mypicture. gif"); if you leave the image where it is, then using the complete URL is fine. if you want to use the variable, then move the image to the theme/images folder of your style robert

    phpBB.com hothotnix 2010

  • But, you forgot the most important reason of all: security. url () and l () will apply the correct escaping to each URL component as needed, ensuring safe output (with things like urlencode and check_url) and working around annoying mod_rewrite bugs as needed.

    Group 42 - Comments 2010

  • Code: Select all background-image: url ( "{T_THEME_PATH}/images/mypicture. gif"); if you leave the image where it is, then using the complete URL is fine. if you want to use the variable, then move the image to the theme/images folder of your style hothotnix wrote: Hi!

    phpBB.com hothotnix 2010

  • But, you forgot the most important reason of all: security. url () and l () will apply the correct escaping to each URL component as needed, ensuring safe output (with things like urlencode and check_url) and working around annoying mod_rewrite bugs as needed.

    Group 42 - Comments 2010

  • But, you forgot the most important reason of all: security. url () and l () will apply the correct escaping to each URL component as needed, ensuring safe output (with things like urlencode and check_url) and working around annoying mod_rewrite bugs as needed.

    Group 42 - Comments 2010

  • But, you forgot the most important reason of all: security. url () and l () will apply the correct escaping to each URL component as needed, ensuring safe output (with things like urlencode and check_url) and working around annoying mod_rewrite bugs as needed.

    Group 42 - Comments 2010

  • But, you forgot the most important reason of all: security. url () and l () will apply the correct escaping to each URL component as needed, ensuring safe output (with things like urlencode and check_url) and working around annoying mod_rewrite bugs as needed.

    Group 42 - Comments 2010

  • I wanted to extend the bookmarklet functionality so when a user is on a web page that they would like to share with twitter, user clicks on the bookmarklet (popup widow appears) and shortens the url and also displays all the twitter posts that have posted that story as well (based on the article title, regardless of the URL shortener), and allows the use to post immediately or schedule a date/time for the post.

    Freelancer.com - New Projects 2010

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