Internet and Web is not same thing
The Internet is the network of networks and the network allows to exchange of data between two or more computers.
The Web is a way to access information through the Internet.
URI and URL
URI stands for ‘Uniform Resource Identifier’. A URI can be a name, locator, or both for an online resource whereas a URL is just the locator
URLs are a subset of URIs. A URL is a human-readable text that was designed to replace the numbers (IP addresses) that computers use to communicate with servers.
A URL consists of a protocol, domain name, and path (which includes the specific subfolder structure where a page is located) like-
` protocol://WebSiteName.topLevelDomain/path`
Protocol – HTTP or HTTPS.
WebSiteName – geeksforgeeks, google etc.
topLevelDomain- .com, .edu, .in etc.
path- specific folders and/or subfolders that are on a given website.
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