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WWWE Logo Absolute (URL, reference)

An Absolute URL is one of two types of URLs used in HTML notation for the World Wide Web. An absolute URL is one in which a complete, fully-qualified URL specification is provided, for example:

http://www.outer.net/html4dum/html4dum.htm

is the complete (absolute) URL for the HTML for Dummies Web site, another Web site authored and maintained by your authors here.

URLs:

RFC 1808
This is the Request for Comment document that governs current definitions of Uniform Resource Locators, and related concepts (including the absolute/relative distinction).
absolute/relative URLs
A brief, but cogent, explanation of the absolute/relative distinction from Casey von Bronkhorst, one of the experts who volunteers as a member of the Dr. Web team.

W3E References:

URL
relative URL

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