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PRONUNCIATION OF UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR

uniform resource locator  [ˈjuːnɪfɔːm rɪˈzɔːs ləʊˈkeɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Uniform resource locator is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Uniform resource locator

The uniform resource locator, abbreviated as URL, is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to a resource. In most web browsers, the URL of a web page is displayed on top inside an address bar. An example of a typical URL would be "http://en.example.org/wiki/Main_Page". A URL is technically a type of uniform resource identifier, but in many technical documents and verbal discussions, URL is often used as a synonym for URI, and this is not considered a problem. URLs are commonly used for web pages, but can also be used for file transfer, email and many other applications. URLs are specified in RFC 3986, and in a WHATWG URL Living Standard.

Definition of uniform resource locator in the English dictionary

The definition of uniform resource locator in the dictionary is the full form of URL.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR


acater
əˈkeɪtə
acatour
əˈkeɪtə
applicator
ˈæplɪˌkeɪtə
averruncator
ˌævərʌŋˈkeɪtə
cater
ˈkeɪtə
chaqueta
tʃəˈkeɪtə
communicator
kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə
Decatur
dəˈkeɪtə
educator
ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪtə
eradicator
ɪˈrædɪˌkeɪtə
fabricator
ˈfæbrɪˌkeɪtə
indicator
ˈɪndɪˌkeɪtə
invocator
ˌɪnvəʊˈkeɪtə
locater
ˌləʊˈkeɪtə
locator
ləʊˈkeɪtə
Mercator
mɜːˈkeɪtə
piscator
pɪsˈkeɪtə
placater
pləˈkeɪtə
skater
ˈskeɪtə
vacatur
vəˈkeɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR

unified screw thread
unifier
unifies
unifilar
uniflorous
unifoliate
unifoliolate
uniform
Uniform Business Rate
uniformed
uniformed branch
uniformitarian
uniformitarianism
uniformities
uniformity
uniformly
uniformness
unify
unifying

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR

adjudicator
administrator
advocator
allocator
authenticator
desiccator
direction indicator
duplicator
economic indicator
fornicator
lubricator
multiplicator
performance indicator
prevaricator
prognosticator
purificator
relocator
replicator
sonicator
syndicator
vindicator

Synonyms and antonyms of uniform resource locator in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «uniform resource locator» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR

Find out the translation of uniform resource locator to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of uniform resource locator from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «uniform resource locator» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

统一资源定位符
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

localizador uniforme de recursos
570 millions of speakers

English

uniform resource locator
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

यूनिफॉर्म रिसोर्स लोकेटर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مواقع الموارد الموحد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

унифицированный указатель ресурса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

uniform resource locator
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ইউনিফর্ম রিসোর্স লকেটর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

localisateur de ressource uniforme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pencari sumber seragam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Uniform Resource Locator
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ユニフォームリソースロケータ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유니폼 리소스 로케이터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Locator sumber seragam
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

định vị tài nguyên thống nhất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இணையத்தள முகவரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकसमान संसाधन शोधक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üniform kaynak bulma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Uniform Resource Locator
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jednolity lokalizator zasobów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

уніфікований покажчик ресурсу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

uniform resource locator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομοιόμορφος εντοπιστής πόρων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uniform resource locator
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Uniform Resource Locator
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Uniform Resource Locator
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of uniform resource locator

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR»

The term «uniform resource locator» is regularly used and occupies the 90.764 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about uniform resource locator

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR»

Discover the use of uniform resource locator in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to uniform resource locator and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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RDA: Resource Description and Access: 2013 Revision
4.6 Uniform Resource Locator 4.6.1 Basic Instructions on Recording Uniform Resource Locators 4.6.1.1 Scope A Uniform Resource Locator, or URL, is the address of a remote access resource. Uniform Resource Locators include all resource ...
Joint Steering Committee, JSC, 2013
2
Microsoft Office 2007: Introductory Concepts and Techniques, ...
The MSN.com Web page shown in Figure 1—35 is the first Web page you see when you access the MSN.com Web site and is, therefore, referred to as a home page, or start page. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) A Uniform Resource Locator ...
Gary Shelly, Thomas J. Cashman, Misty Vermaat, 2009
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Writing Papers in Psychology
URL: acronym for Uniform Resource Locator, which is another name for the Web address. The URL of a helpful Web site that was created at the University of Waterloo and that contains links to national and international psychological societies ...
Ralph Rosnow, Mimi Rosnow, 2008
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National Community Services Data Dictionary, version 7: 2012
Identifying and definitional attributes Metadata item type: Technical name: Synonymous names: METeOR identifier: Registration status: Definition: Data Element Concept: Data Element Address—Uniform Resource Locator, text X[ 1100] Web ...
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
5
Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians
See URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) Uniform Resource Locator. See URL ( Uniform Resource Locator) Uniform Resource Name (URN), 31 union catalogs and Dublin Core, 85 models of, 33-35 Z39.50-based, 36 Union List of Artist Names ...
Priscilla Caplan, 2003
6
Java Web Development Illuminated
The Web browser identifies with which Web server to make a connection and what is being requested of the Web server with a Uniform Resource Locator ( URL). A URL is a classification of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that identifies a ...
Kai Qian, 2007
7
Internet Law and Regulation
... maintain access to the internet through a uniform resource locator. 3–219 However, a minority view, which we believe to be wrong, 265 non-united kingdom domain names—japan.
Graham J. H. Smith, 2007
8
The Internet For Dummies
Great figures in the world of software engineering (well, okay, it was Sir Tim Berners-Lee) named this name URL, or Uniform Resource Locator. Every Web page has a URL, a series of characters that begins with http://. (How do you say “ URL”?
John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young, Carol Baroudi, 2011
9
Research Methods for Sport Studies
Thus, the Internet itself does not contain information. Rather, it is a tool to allow the sharing of information held on computer. Everything available on the Internet has its own unique uniform resource locator IURLI. When you type in the URL or  ...
Chris Gratton, Ian Jones, 2004
10
Electronic Commerce
Most Web browsers today automatically insert the http:// if the user does not include it. The combination of the protocol name and the domain name is called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) because it lets the user locate a resource (the Web ...
Gary Schneider, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term uniform resource locator is used in the context of the following news items.
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Porn ban: People will soon learn to circumvent ISPs and govt orders …
The government has to individually pick URLs (uniform resource locator) to ban websites. Right now, only popular websites have been banned and the little ... «Times of India, Aug 15»
2
East Turkestan: China's New National Security Regulations Place …
... including: Internet Protocol (IP) address blocking, Domain Name System (DNS) filtering and redirection, Uniform Resource Locator filtering, Packet filtering, ... «UNPO, Jul 15»
3
Seven Ways to Make LinkedIn Help You Find A Job
Your URL (uniform resource locator) is the address of your LinkedIn page on the Web. Customizing it will drive it toward the top of a Google search on your ... «Forbes, Apr 15»
4
BitTorrent and the digital fingerprints we leave behind
When a browser retrieves a web page or other resource from a web server, the page to retrieve is defined by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). For example ... «Phys.Org, Apr 15»
5
App Deep Linking Is In Every App Developer's To-Do List In 2015
The URI is similar to URL (Uniform Resource Locator). Like the URL, is used to direct the users to different web pages, in the same the URI helps application ... «Dazeinfo, Mar 15»
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Metadata retention: What is it and how might it impact …
By 'web address', most people mean a URL, or Uniform Resource Locator, which is the address of a resource (webpage, text or graphics file, application) on the ... «ABC Online, Mar 15»
7
After government bans film, Internet releases it
However, new URLs (uniform resource locator) kept popping up even as the government raced to identify individual users who were uploading the film. As of 9 ... «The Hindu, Mar 15»
8
SC directs Google,Yahoo, MS to block sex determination ads
... General Ranjit Kumar, who said the government could only block or filter the information once the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) was known or provided. «Business Standard, Jan 15»
9
Less than 25 Pct of Americans know difference between World Wide …
Those who have graduated college were far more likely to know that Twitter has a 140-character limit, and that URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. «News Every day, Nov 14»
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“URL” Stands for…? New Pew Report Has Surprising Stats on …
69 percent know that “URL” stands for Uniform Resource Locator (add that to your list of trivia questions). 36 percent know that the first iPhone launched in 2007. «Re/code, Nov 14»

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