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What does the picture of a lock mean on matchcom?

If you mean on the sign-in screen - It simply means the page is secure. If you look at the address bar of your browser - the web-address for on the sign-in screen for Match should start HTTPS (whic stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure). This simply means that, while you're loggin-in - the information you enter is encrypted between your computer and their server. It's the same with any web-site requiring you to enter personal info.


What does www stand for at the being of the web address?

The "WWW" at the beginning of an address stands for World Wide Web.


Where can you shorten your address?

If you mean your Web address then you can shorten it by visiting any of the following Free URL shortning serviceses like tinyurl.com bit.ly of.ai Google URL shortner


What phrase do people use to refer to the activity of using links to explore the Web?

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What is the meaning of website address?

Website address definition:Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving.A websire address is called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). It is broken down into sections. First you always see http:, that is called HyperText Transport Protocol, it is basicially the way that responses and request messages are transmitted over the Web. The second part is www, this identified the fact that it is a Web page and goes to a Web server. Next is the path, which is the location on the Web server where the Web page is stored. For example, Myfiles/Sales/2005 means it is in the folder Myfiles that contains a Sales folder which has the data for 2005. The file name is the last part of the path, which is .htm or .html.