What signifies the hostname holding the resource in the URL

What signifies the hostname holding the resource in the URL http://www.cisco.com/education.htm?

A. http

B. www.cisco.com

C. education.htm

D. wwww.cisco.com/education.htm

E. www

Solution

1.   URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is a type of URI (Universal Resource Identifier).

2.   Web client uses URL to make a request to a web server for a resource.

3.   URL comprises of three or four components:

   Component 1: Type of Protocol used to access the resource on the internet. It is also termed as Scheme. (http or https).
  
   Component 2: Name of the host that actually hold the resource.
  
   Component 3: Path to the resource.
  
   Component 4: Query String (Which serves some specific purpose)
  
  
4.   For example: URL: http://www.ithub.com/home.html
  
   In this URL,
  
   http is the Scheme used.
  
   www.ithub.com is the host name
  
   home.html is the resource that client wants to access
  

5.   Given URL: http://www.cisco.com/education.htm?

   ->    Scheme is http
  
   ->    Host name is www.cisco.com

   ->   Resource: education.htm
  
So, the host name in the given URL is www.cisco.com