A web address is known as a URL (Universal Resource Locator). A URL consists of a number of parts. Take for example the following web address:

https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/historical.html

Let's break it down into its three main parts:

• Protocol: Type of transfer being used
• Host: Location of website host - also known as the "Domain name"
• Resource path: location of resource on host computer.