A Web address that is easy for a user as well as a search engine to decipher. In a friendly URL, the programming code is hidden under a more readable name. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.

A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator, a tool used to find webpages. A URL is composed of a protocol, a domain name, a path to the webpage, and a webpage name. Here's a brief introduction to URLs and ...

(1) Recording a user's browsing pattern on a website by tacking a session ID number onto the URL. As the user navigates the site, the ID can be tracked. (2) Hiding one URL behind another, or diverting ...