Main Entry: URL

Pronunciation: \ˌyü-(ˌ)är-ˈel, ˈər(-ə)l\

Function: noun

Date: 1992

: the address of a resource (as a document or Web site) on the Internet that consists of a communications protocol followed by the name or address of a computer on the network and that often includes additional locating information (as directory and file names) <our site's URL is http://www.Merriam-Webster.com> —called also uniform resource locator, universal resource locator