What Are the Differences Between URI, URL, and URN?

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JavaScript in Plain English
2 min readDec 12, 2022

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YYou may have come across these terms before. And you may have used it interchangeably. But there are differences between them and if you are a professional software developer or working in the field of web development, it’s important to discern these terms.

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An URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) identifies a resource on the Internet either by location, or by name, or both…

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