Thread: Importance of URL

URL is a Uniform Resource locator. Every time the user clicks on the link URL locates the document to be retrieved. There are number of URL types. Some of them are- HTTP URL, which is used to retrieve HTML documents on World Wide Web. FTP URL i.e. File Transfer Protocol URL, used for transferring the files from the server to the user machine and vice versa. News URL, which are used to access any of the news on the group. Mailto URL, where it is using a hyperlink the email software is invoked. File URL, which enables the user to have an access to files on the local disk. When variety of documents needs to be retrieved from the server, Partial / Relative URL is used.

Good one........
Not seen before.....

Are we trying to recreate wikipedia here?

Originally Posted by just4kix

Are we trying to recreate wikipedia here?

was the significance of this thread title..??

There is a tendency to make "records" here by just posting "Thank you", "good post" , "liked it" " You are welcome" etc just to increase post counts.
Better way will be, to use the "star rating" which is available or use the "PM" route or REP "icon" !
Most of the threads in FEB 2010 were posted for contest with min 120 word limit,
This one is also one of them .
Where quantity matters quality takes the back seat.
All threads opened in Feb 2010 for the contest, should be locked to avoid , users trying to revive/spam them, with "one liners".
Wait please ..........

Originally Posted by essbebe

There is a tendency to make "records" here by just posting "Thank you", "good post" , "liked it" " You are welcome" etc just to increase post counts.
Better way will be, to use the "star rating" which is available or use the "PM" route or REP "icon" !
Most of the threads in FEB 2010 were posted for contest with min 120 word limit,
This one is also one of them .
Where quantity matters quality takes the back seat.
All threads opened in Feb 2010 for the contest, should be locked to avoid , users trying to revive/spam them, with "one liners".
Wait please ..........

well said EB..

i also think so... i am amazed by the thread title.. i dont know if anything would be helpful with this thread discussing..


tasteless..

On the contrary, such things should be discussed openly.

My comment is solely about articles of these types and not on the people/authors. Preeti_20 is a great friend; but I am sorry to say that the articles like these carry no meaning, significance, etc. If this site was for educating the young then I would agree with this article; but we are not.

The article falls perfectly within the laws of the contest. It is not a duplicate or copy of any website. It has the requisite number of words, etc. Except that, it is not what was expected (and I hope everyone agrees with me).

Why should such things be discussed? Because we want quality as well as quantity. Parminder started this contest after consulting Aaron. The contest was a chance for people to write as much as possible, encourage participation and earn some money also in the bargain. If Aaron sees how his "money was spent" then he will surely clamp down on further contests. I would, if I was Aaron.

But once again, I am only commenting articles such as this one - I have no inclination or intention to hurt/insult anyone.

I sincerely hope that we do not see such articles in future - either in contest or otherwise.

Originally Posted by just4kix

I sincerely hope that we do not see such articles in future - either in contest or otherwise.

Well for contest we will have to make a revised rules so that such things are avoided. i am sorry to say even some members encouraged such posting.

Originally Posted by deepmohan

Well for contest we will have to make a revised rules so that such things are avoided. i am sorry to say even some members encouraged such posting.

yes...


tasteless threads shouldnt be posted.. deleted all at once.. that would be proper..

Its an article which was posted, big deal if its of no interest or someone finds it irrelevant then its ok! There are so many like these threads, however if this was not something which was posted during the contest I don't think it would have bothered anyone! Least its something to do with technology and not off topic

Originally Posted by Preeti_20

Its an article which was posted, big deal if its of no interest or someone finds it irrelevant then its ok! There are so many like these threads, however if this was not something which was posted during the contest I don't think it would have bothered anyone! Least its something to do with technology and not off topic

what was on-topic here???

Originally Posted by essbebe

There is a tendency to make "records" here by just posting "Thank you", "good post" , "liked it" " You are welcome" etc just to increase post counts.
Better way will be, to use the "star rating" which is available or use the "PM" route or REP "icon" !

Are you telling me for this one:::

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

Good one........
Not seen before.....

URLs are a replacement for the hard to remember IP Addresses. For example, IP Address of www.indiabroadband.net is 96.30.37.142. However, it's easier to remember the website address as www.indiabroadband.net (which is a URL) rather than its IP Address.

The DNS Servers of your ISP or like OpenDNS resolves the URLs typed by the user and translates it to the IP address of the server where the website is hosted. If you are a genius, you can recall and type the IP addresses of the sites instead of the URLs to browse them.

P.S. - It was a good topic to start which is being asked frequently in the interviews. People should think of contributing in the threads if we have additional knowledge about the topic instead of just thanking and ranting. That's what a forum is all about.

Ok i add..

URL can be be shortened too... and also can be reidrected...

for ex.. tinyurl.com

Originally Posted by essbebe

There is a tendency to make "records" here by just posting "Thank you", "good post" , "liked it" " You are welcome" etc just to increase post counts.
Better way will be, to use the "star rating" which is available or use the "PM" route or REP "icon" !
Most of the threads in FEB 2010 were posted for contest with min 120 word limit,
This one is also one of them .
Where quantity matters quality takes the back seat.
All threads opened in Feb 2010 for the contest, should be locked to avoid , users trying to revive/spam them, with "one liners".
Wait please ..........

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

Are you telling me for this one:::

Originally Posted by gaggan4392

Good one........
Not seen before.....

For the sake of contest, only new threads were counted. So all sorts of "Thank you's" and "Good one" type of posts were inconsequential.

Originally Posted by itsmemad

P.S. - It was a good topic to start which is being asked frequently in the interviews. People should think of contributing in the threads if we have additional knowledge about the topic instead of just thanking and ranting. That's what a forum is all about.

I agree. The kind of information that you have provided (on URL) was missing here.

Originally Posted by itsmemad

URLs are a replacement for the hard to remember IP Addresses. For example, IP Address of www.indiabroadband.net is 96.30.37.142. However, it's easier to remember the website address as www.indiabroadband.net (which is a URL) rather than its IP Address.

The DNS Servers of your ISP or like OpenDNS resolves the URLs typed by the user and translates it to the IP address of the server where the website is hosted. If you are a genius, you can recall and type the IP addresses of the sites instead of the URLs to browse them.

P.S. - It was a good topic to start which is being asked frequently in the interviews. People should think of contributing in the threads if we have additional knowledge about the topic instead of just thanking and ranting. That's what a forum is all about.

You have got the point.. Well said maddy

I also have another point to add, its not just the young who seem to know a lot about internet and all, but there are many elders, middle aged people who have begun to learn computers and about the Internet.

And there are many people who learn from this site and land up on here from searches, and so in all this sites not just for the experienced but the ones who want to learn!

This is because of experience during this site, that someone found articles like this which are simple and basic informative!