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URLs were invented by Tim Berners-Lee. They do not precede the web. There were separate namespaces before the web; there was Gopher and FTP, and various short
by not2b 6y ago
URLs were invented by Tim Berners-Lee. They do not precede the web. There were separate namespaces before the web; there was Gopher and FTP, and various shorthands to indicate the combination of a site and a path, but no standard, universal resource locator (see what I did there?).
- mattl 6y agoThat's indeed what I thought. A lot of people call domain names URLs, which is where I thought the OP was going.
- maire 6y agoSorry for the lack of clarity - I was thinking of Gopher.
- 082349872349872 6y agoagreed. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqkJwTWWcAA88PL.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqkJwTWWcAA88PL.jpg