Class 7 Computer Science — Parts of a web address
Take a web address apart into its protocol, its domain name and its path, and say what each part tells the browser.
Name: ________________________
1.In the address "https://www.arenaschool.in/notices/exam.html", which part is the domain name — the name of the site itself?
2.The address "https://library.arenaschool.in/books" ends its domain name with a two-letter country code. Which two letters are they?
3.Two addresses read "https://exam.arenaschool.in" and "https://exam.arenaschool.com". What can you say about them?
- a) One of the two cannot be a real address
- b) They are different addresses and may well be different sites
- c) They must be the same site written two ways
- d) A browser treats the two as a single address
4.Match each ending to the kind of owner that usually uses it.
- .edu
- .gov
- .org
- .in
- .com
- Something based in India
- A place of education
- A group, often one that is not a business
- A company
- A government body
5.In the address "https://www.example.in/notes/algebra/homework.html", what is the name of the file at the end of the path?
6.In the address "https://www.arenaschool.in/notices/exam.html", what comes after the very last slash?
7.In the address "https://www.example.in/notes/algebra/homework.html", how many slashes come after the domain name?
8.An email address is written "meera@arenaschool.in". Which part of it says where that mailbox is looked after?
- a) The whole address together
- b) meera
- c) The @ sign
- d) arenaschool.in
Answer key — Class 7 Computer Science — Parts of a web address
- 1.
- www.arenaschool.in
- arenaschool.in
- 2.
- in
- .in
- 3. b) They are different addresses and may well be different sites
- 4. .edu → A place of education; .gov → A government body; .org → A group, often one that is not a business; .in → Something based in India; .com → A company
- 5. homework.html
- 6. exam.html
- 7. 3
- 8. d) arenaschool.in