Address

In computing it is the the unique location of something. It is used in several ways. (1) a memory location in RAM or hard disk (2) A web page location defined by its URL (3) An email address

In RAM, each storage element has a location defined by a numerical value starting at zero.

On a hard disk, each storage element is defined by a cylinder number and sector offset

With a web page, its location is defined by its Uniform Resource Location or URL

With email, a specific inbox is defined by a local part followed by the @ symbol followed by a domain

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2020-10

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