Web Address Information and Quiz

Every website and page has an address.

The technical name for this address is URL

Uniform Resource Locator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft

A web address is needed to find any website.

The address can tell you which country the website is in.

http://www.canada.gc.ca/

http://www.aph.gov.au/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.china.org.cn/

The Internet started in America, none of the US web addresses will show that countries code.

http://www.mcdonalds.com/

http://www.americanbank.com/

http://www.ufl.edu/http://www.whitehouse.gov/

The address can tell you what type of organisation runs the website .

http://www.redcross.org/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/http://www.cam.ac.uk/

http://www.aph.gov.au

Every website has a name it may be different to the organisations name or

easier to remember.

http://www.diy.com/ http://www.nts.org.uk/Home/

http://www.royal.gov.uk/ http://www.vam.ac.uk/

The web address is made up of chunks of information that the web browser uses to find the web site.

www. videogallery/disney.co.uk/ DisneyOnline/ funzone/

It is on the web

On the disney server

In this folder

In this sub-folder

In this file

http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyOnline/funzone/videogallery/

Make sure all dots and slashes are forwards not backwards

. /

As the arrow hovers over a web page the select arrow can change to a

pointing finger. This means there is a link there to another page

Quiz ?

What is the technical name for a web address ?

URL

CUP

PLC

What is the technical name for a web address ?

URL

CUP

PLC

What country is www.bbc.co.uk based in ?

The United Kingdom

The Republic of China

The United States of America

What country is www.bbc.co.uk based in ?

The United Kingdom

The Republic of China

The United States of America

What type of websites does .ac stand for ?

Companies

Academic.

Government

What type of websites does .ac stand for ?

Companies

Academic.

Government

Which is the only country not to use a country code ?

The United States of America

The United Kingdom

The Republic of China

Which is the only country not to use a country code ?

The United States of America

The United Kingdom

The Republic of China

Here’s a recap of what we have covered.

1. Every website has a web address or URL.

2. A web address can tell you which country the website originates from.

3. American websites do not have a country code.

4. Web addresses can tell you what type of organisation the website belongs to.

5. Web addresses are sometimes not the recognised name of the organisation.

6. Web addresses are made up of chunks of information.

7. Every dot and forward slash is important in a web address.

8. If the select arrow changes to a pointing finger it means a link to another page.