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Url vs Hostname - What's the difference?

url | hostname |

As an initialism URL

is a Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other Internet resource.

As an abbreviation URL

is unrestricted line officer.

As a noun hostname is

the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.

url

English

Initialism

(en noun)
  • A Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, ftp site, audio stream or other Internet resource.
    • https://en.wiktionary.org/ is the URL of English Wiktionary.

    See also

    * IRI * URI * (wikipedia "URL")

    Abbreviation

    ; URL
  • (US, military, nautical) unrestricted line officer

    • See also

    * line officer English acronyms English initialisms

    hostname

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hostname) (en noun)
  • (computing) the unique name by which any device attached to a network is known.
  • (computing, Internet) a computer or other network device's Internet domain name; a fully qualified hostname
  • (computing, Internet) the portion of a computer's Internet domain name that comes before the first period; an unqualified hostname

    • Synonyms

    * domain name

    See also

    * domain name * Internet address * IP address * TLD * URL

    Anagrams

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