The "Uniform Resource Locator" is the address of a specific Web site or file on the Internet. The beginning section of a URLi indicates the type of resource it is addressing. These prefixes include:
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ftpi - a directory of files or an actual file available to download
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file - a file located on your hard drive or some other local drive
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news - a newsgroup
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WAIS - a database or document on a Wide Area Information Search database
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gopheri - a gopher document or menu
