# URL

A Uniform Resource Locator - URL - is a web resource location reference which points out where to find a particular resource (file, script, image et. c.).

A typical URL is of the form `http://www.example.com/about/us/index.html`:

^ [protocol](/glossary/p/protocol) ^ [hostname](/glossary/h/hostname) ^ path ^ file name ^ 
| `http` | `www.example.com` | `about/us/` | `index.html` |