If you have ever used the internet (which you have probably done considering you are reading this post) then, you have almost certainly typed in a Uniform Resource, locator or URL, to get to https://fincoapps.com.
But while some are simple, like LAN, full-length URLs can look awfully confusing. Why do we need things like http, https, ftp, ftps  in there and what are all those ampersands (&amp, question marks (?) and hash (#)?
Basic components of a URL
Let us demystify the ingredients of your typical web address, starting with the beginning of the scheme
HTTP
The most familiar will probably be HTTP, which stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The set of commands that handles the transmission of Webpages.  But there are other schemes as well. For example, if you have ever Clicked on an email address, you might notice that the link starts with “mailto” (a scheme that tells the browser to open up your default email client).
There is also FTP or File Transfer Protocol, which is used to send….. files to and from remote servers and even IRC, which allows you to connect directly to a chatroom.
Domain Name
The next part of a typical URL is usually a domain name. The name of a website like amazon or microsoft.     This is called a top-level domain or TLD which you can think of as the main categories that sort every website on the Internet and help route your request through several servers to get you to the correct IP address the requested website is located on.  For example in “amazon.com”, amazon is the TLD.  Similarly in “microsoft.com”, m... Read more at https://fincoapps.com/what-exactly-is-a-url/