If you already know how to read a web address or URL (Universal Resource Locator, pronounced “you are ell”), skip this section. Otherwise, consider the web address https://www.googleguide.com/searchEngines/google/searchLeader.html. Here’s what it all means:
https
transfer protocol (type of information being transferred)
www.googleguide.com
website name, host name
googleguide
second-level domain name
com
top-level domain name
searchEngines
directory name (major category)
google
sub-directory name (sub-category)
searchLeader
file name (a file within the directory)
html
file format
Here’s a list […]