doubledee Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 What do you call the following... http://local.dev3/ http://www.MySite.com/ Are they "Host Names"? Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 They are considered host names, or more specifically, domain names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledee Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 They are considered host names, or more specifically, domain names. http://local.dev3/ is not a domain name... Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Why isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledee Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 Why isn't it? Because you can't go to GoDaddy and ask to register http://local.dev3/ or local.dev3... local.dev3 is the Base URL for the Virtual Host I created on my laptop. These are "Domain Names"... yahoo google sitepoint sony And these are "Top-Level Domain Names"... .com .net .org Of course, I was asking about the whole enchilda... http://local.dev3/ http://www.MySite.com/ I am inclined to use the term "BASE URL" to answer my original question... Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Wasn't this already covered? http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=342919 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledee Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 Wasn't this already covered? http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=342919 No, it wasn't answered in that thread, but you can try to help me get an answer here... Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Why isn't it? Because you can't go to GoDaddy and ask to register http://local.dev3/ or local.dev3... local.dev3 is the Base URL for the Virtual Host I created on my laptop. These are "Domain Names"... yahoo google sitepoint sony And these are "Top-Level Domain Names"... .com .net .org Of course, I was asking about the whole enchilda... http://local.dev3/ http://www.MySite.com/ I am inclined to use the term "BASE URL" to answer my original question... Debbie It's still a domain name, it just doesn't use a TLD that is currently registrable. You can make http://something.areallygnarlytld on your own machine if you want. It's still a domain name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledee Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 It's still a domain name, it just doesn't use a TLD that is currently registrable. You can make http://something.areallygnarlytld on your own machine if you want. It's still a domain name. Domain Names don't have http:// at the beginning, so neither is a Domain Name... Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scootstah Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 You know what I meant... you are just being picky now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledee Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 You know what I meant... you are just being picky now. No, you are not answering my original question. I did NOT ask what you call "local.dev3" and "www.MySite.com" My original question was... What do you call the following... Code: [select] http://local.dev3/ http://www.MySite.com/ Are they "Host Names"? Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Well, what I meant by what has this been covered is I'd consider that a "base URI". I think this wiki can answer your question: <scheme name> : <hierarchical part> [ ? <query> ] [ # <fragment> ] The scheme name consist of a sequence of characters beginning with a letter and followed by any combination of letters, digits, plus ("+"), period ("."), or hyphen ("-"). Although schemes are case-insensitive, the canonical form is lowercase and documents that specify schemes must do so with lowercase letters. It is followed by a colon (":"). The hierarchical part of the URI is intended to hold identification information hierarchical in nature. Usually this part begins with a double forward slash ("//"), followed by an authority part and an optional path. -> The authority part holds an optional user information part terminated with "@" (e.g. username:password@), a hostname (i.e. domain name or IP address), and an optional port number preceded by a colon ":". -> The path part is a sequence of segments (conceptually similar to directories, though not necessarily representing them) separated by a forward slash ("/"). Each segment can contain parameters separated from it using a semicolon (";"), though this is rarely used in practice.[/code] E.g., without the protocol, you could consider those hostnames, but once you add in the protocol (http, ftp, etc.) it is now considered a URI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledee Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 Well, what I meant by what has this been covered is I'd consider that a "base URI". I think this wiki can answer your question: <scheme name> : <hierarchical part> [ ? <query> ] [ # <fragment> ] The scheme name consist of a sequence of characters beginning with a letter and followed by any combination of letters, digits, plus ("+"), period ("."), or hyphen ("-"). Although schemes are case-insensitive, the canonical form is lowercase and documents that specify schemes must do so with lowercase letters. It is followed by a colon (":"). The hierarchical part of the URI is intended to hold identification information hierarchical in nature. Usually this part begins with a double forward slash ("//"), followed by an authority part and an optional path. -> The authority part holds an optional user information part terminated with "@" (e.g. username:password@), a hostname (i.e. domain name or IP address), and an optional port number preceded by a colon ":". -> The path part is a sequence of segments (conceptually similar to directories, though not necessarily representing them) separated by a forward slash ("/"). Each segment can contain parameters separated from it using a semicolon (";"), though this is rarely used in practice.[/code] E.g., without the protocol, you could consider those hostnames, but once you add in the protocol (http, ftp, etc.) it is now considered a URI. Or, since "http://local.debbie/" and "http://www.MySite.com" describe a *Location* you could also call them "base URLs", right? Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledee Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 Yup. Geesh, that was a lot of work to get a solution!! Thanks!, Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salathe Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 What do you call the following... I call them "URLs". If you want to call them something different, or try and use a term that differentiates them from URLs with paths or other parts, then go ahead. You'll (probably) be understood. Do note that the word "base" is often associated with URLs in the manner you're doing here, though not necessarily restricted to those with no path. http://example.org/subsite may be termed, and understood as, a "base URL" if, for example, it hosted a sub-site within the main example.org website. Similarly, the word "root" might be used in place of "base" to have the same meaning. Calling them "base URLs" only makes sense if they are indeed the base of something (and URLs), which is the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubledee Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 What do you call the following... I call them "URLs". If you want to call them something different, or try and use a term that differentiates them from URLs with paths or other parts, then go ahead. You'll (probably) be understood. Do note that the word "base" is often associated with URLs in the manner you're doing here, though not necessarily restricted to those with no path. http://example.org/subsite may be termed, and understood as, a "base URL" if, for example, it hosted a sub-site within the main example.org website. Similarly, the word "root" might be used in place of "base" to have the same meaning. Calling them "base URLs" only makes sense if they are indeed the base of something (and URLs), which is the case. I agree. Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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