Although it was not mentioned in the text, an alternative form for a URL is to use

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Although it was not mentioned in the text, an alternative form for a URL is to use the IP address instead of its DNS name. An example of using an IP address is 192.31.231.66/index.html. How does the browser know whether the name following the scheme is a DNS name or an IP address?
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Computer Networks

ISBN: 978-0132126953

5th edition

Authors: Andrew S. Tanenbaum, David J. Wetherall

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