This jump started at: http:// www.mathnstuff.com /papers/webstuf/ make2.htm # seventh       Here's what the pieces mean: scheme then// server & domain name path file then fragment   | |
http | -- HyperText Transfer Protocol not
    ftp (File Transfer Protocol) or     shttp (Secure HTTP) -- This is called the scheme. |
: | -- The colon seperates the scheme from the scheme parts |
www | -- A scheme part, the server name.
-- It's the name of the computer on which server stores the files in the domain, listed next. |
. | -- The period seperates the scheme parts. |
mathnstuff | -- A scheme part, part of the domain name. |
. | -- The period seperates the first & last part of the domain name. |
com | -- part of the domain name which indicates
it's a commercial site not     gov -- for government, not     edu -- for educational instutition, not     org -- for some sort of an organization, not     net -- for a network provider |
/papers/webstuf/ | -- path of directories |
make2.htm | -- file name |
# | -- seperates fragment name from file name |
seventh | -- fragment, location in a file. |