OT question: URLs

[lebarjack]

If you want a good headeache, you can read the Request For Comment at this... er.. URL : RFC 1738

URL stand for Uniform Ressource Locator and are in the form :
<proto>//<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<url-path>

The host part is an alphanumerical name for a computer.
ie : www.shrapnelcommunity.com
This hostname is associated with a numerical IP address and resolved each time you want to access a ressource on the net.

When you type an URL in your navigator, it query first a distributed database which know all host/IP association and 'replace' it in the URL.

There is an IP number starvation which will be adressed by the new Version of Internet Protocol (IPv6) and give enough numerical address for the fifty years to come.

It is a real necessity for emergent country as china or india who arrived late on the internet, at a time where most of the IP were attributed principaly to the USA, and in a lesser extent, european countries.

Phew, at least i was able to give some information on this board, but not about dom2