What does URL actually stand for? LTE? And what's the difference between the internet and the "World Wide Web?" Reading time 1 minute In the second half of the 20th century, computers went from chunky ...

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URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. Depending on your background, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard anyone say the acronym’s full phrase out loud. It speaks to how fundamental the concept ...