URI is an abbreviation for Uniform Resource Identifier. URLsA unique web address or other ‘location’ that can be used by a user to retrieve the intended resource. Learn more → are a unique identifier such as an IP address or a web address that can be used by a user to retrieve the intended resource.
Formerly, they were called Universal Resource Identifiers.
Every URLA unique web address or other ‘location’ that can be used by a user to retrieve the intended resource. Learn more → is a URI, but not necessarilly the other way around.