http://http://http://@http://http://?http://#http:// The other day I sent out this tweet As it took off, got an amazing attention and I received many different comments and replies, I felt a need to elaborate a little. To add some meat to this. Is this string really a legitimate URL? What is a URL? How is it parsed? http://http://http://@http://http://?http://#http:// curl Let’s start with curl. I