The location of a resource on the internet is given by its Uniform Resource Locator (URL). A URL is essentially the address of a specific location on a computer network, such as the web, and it specifies both the location of the resource and the mechanism to retrieve it

. A URL typically consists of several parts:

• Protocol : Defines how the resource is accessed (e.g., HTTP, HTTPS, FTP).
• Domain name or IP address : Specifies the server where the resource is hosted.
• Path : Indicates the specific location or file on the server.
• Optionally, URLs can include port numbers, query parameters, and fragments to point to specific parts of a resource

For example, in the URL http://www.example.com/index.html:

• http is the protocol,
• www.example.com is the domain name,
• index.html is the path to the resource on the server

Thus, the URL serves as the standardized way to locate and access resources on the internet.