A uniform resource locator (url), colloquially known as web address, [6] is a reference to a resource on the world wide web A url specifies the location of a resource on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. Wikipedia[c] is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software mediawiki Founded by jimmy wales and larry sanger in 2001, wikipedia has been hosted since 2003 by the wikimedia foundation, an american nonprofit organization funded mainly by donations from readers That address on its own is redirected to the main page The page name may include a namespace prefix (such as help: in this page).
It was created by jimmy wales and larry sanger on 15 january 2001, as wikipedia's first edition English wikipedia is hosted alongside other language editions by the wikimedia foundation, an american nonprofit organization Its content, written independently of other editions by volunteer. Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and millions already have Wikipedia's purpose is to benefit readers by presenting information on all branches of knowledge. Wikipedia is a free content online encyclopedia website in 344 languages of the world in which 342 languages are currently active and 14 are closed
[2] it grew out of nupedia, a more structured free encyclopedia, as a way to allow easier and faster drafting of articles and translations A shorter form, called a (relative) url, is used when a computer could correctly fill in the full (absolute) url from context For example, of /wiki/url only works for a link on wikipedia to this page on wikipedia.
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