Stands for "Uniform Resource Identifier." A URI identifies the
name and location of a file or resource in a uniform format. It
includes a string of characters for the filename and may also
contain the path to the directory of the file. URIs provide a
standard way for resources to be accessed by other computers
across a network or over the World Wide Web. They are used by
software programs such as Web browsers and P2P file-sharing
programs to locate and download files. URIs are similar to URLs
in that they specify the location of a file. However, a URI may
refer to all or part a URL. For example, Apple's iMac Design URL
is http://www.apple.com/imac/design.html. The URI of this
resource may be defined as just "design.html" or
"/imac/design.html." These are called relative URIs since they
identify the resource relative to a specific location. The
complete URL would be referred to as an absolute URI. Because
URLs and URIs are similar, they are often used interchangeably.
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