This process begins when the user inputs a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), for example http://en.wikipedia.org/, into the browser. The prefix of the URL, the Uniform Resource Identifier or URI, determines how the URL will be interpreted. The most commonly used kind of URI starts with http: and identifies a resource to be retrieved over the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Many browsers also support a variety of other prefixes, such as https: for HTTPS, ftp: for the File Transfer Protocol, and file: for local files. Prefixes that the web browser cannot directly handle are often handed off to another application entirely. For example, mailto: URIs are usually passed to the user's default e-mail application, and news: URIs are passed to the user's default newsgroup reader. COUNT 5
QSN1 What does URL stand for? ANS1 Uniform Resource Locator QSN2 What is the determining factor in how a URL will be interpreted? ANS2 The prefix of the URL QSN3 What does http stand for? ANS3 Hypertext Transfer Protocol QSN4 What does ftp stand for? ANS4 File Transfer Protocol QSN5 A news: prefix is given to the user's what? ANS5 default newsgroup reader