A URL has three components:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=web%20addresses%20strange%20symbols
A static web page consists of the protocol, server location and path name, like so:
protocol server location (Domain name) path name | | | https://westlibrary.txwes.edu/about/policies
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When you go to a static webpage, you can only read the text on the page. You cannot do anything else
A dynamic web page works with computer coding called scripts that allow you to perform searches, or show the results of a search.
In a dynamic webpage, you can do something
A URL address of a dynamic web page can contain many different ("weird") characters, such as ?, %, #, as is shown below
? | Anytime you see a “?” in an URL, the characters that follow it is what’s called “query parameters.” With these extra bits of information, the server can respond dynamically, giving you a webpage based on what you want to see; |
%20 | These characters are added to a URL when there is a space between words in a query |
# | tells the server to disregard anything following this symbol |