URL stands for Uniform Resource Locater and is the unique address for a web page or site. It is also referred to as "web address." The URL of a given web site will appear in what is known as the URL bar of the browser, as shown in the image below.
To understand more about URLs, let's take a look at the parts and what they represent in the following address: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-guide.pdf
This guide was adapted from the McLennan Community College Searching the Internet guide with permission.