URN
Uniform Resource Name
Example
What is the URN of the file?
Related Slang
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| URI | Uniform Resource Identifier |
| HTTP | HyperText Transfer Protocol |
| HTTPS | HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure |
| SSL | Secure Sockets Layer |
| HTML | Hyper-Text Markup Language |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| CYO | See you online |
| dced | Disconnected |
| ul | Upload |
| dl | Download |
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URN means uniform resource name. It is an IT term similar to the URI and URL terms. A URN is used to identify a resource by name in a specific namespace but does not include the location of the resource, which would be included in a URL.
To better understand a URN, think of the resource as a person and the person's name would be the URN. A URL would contain that person's address.