Address bar


a narrow, horizontal sp-ce in the window of a web browser that is used to display the address of a website.
noun
(computing) the sp-ce provided (on a browser) for showing the addresses of websites
noun

the sp-ce on the web browser screen in which the currently used web site address is displayed; also the place where the user types in a web site address they wish to access
examples

highlight the url and cut and paste it to the address bar.
usage note

computing

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