Word
uri
Phoneticsuri
/ˈjɝi/
Definition
n. Stands for Uniform Resource Identifier. It is a string of characters used to identify a name or a resource on the internet.
n. Abbreviation for Uniform Resource Identifier. A sequence of characters used to identify a logical or physical resource on a network, encompassing both URLs and URNs.
Examples
“The developer updated the URI to point to the new server.”
“Every resource in the database is assigned a unique URI to ensure it can be referenced without ambiguity across different systems.”
“Standardizing the URI format across the organization's internal API allowed for more efficient data retrieval and better integration between legacy systems and modern cloud services.”
Examples
simple
“The developer updated the URI to point to the new server.”
contextual
“Every resource in the database is assigned a unique URI to ensure it can be referenced without ambiguity across different systems.”
complex
“Standardizing the URI format across the organization's internal API allowed for more efficient data retrieval and better integration between legacy systems and modern cloud services.”
Usage
Usually treated as a countable noun in technical documentation.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Uronia, possibly from Latin ora (“edge, brim”), or from the pre-Roman substrate hydronym *wer (“water”) + the Latin suffix -n-. More at Uri.
From Hebrew אוּרִי (úri, “light”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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