what is the difference between Relative Path Absolute Path

what is the difference an absolute path and a relative path?



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im not sure if ill be able to answer all those, but im sure i can explain what is the differences between absolute and relative paths in a computer environment

Absolute path: The absolute path means the 'root' path. in other words, the starting path. for example this post you are reading right now, the absolute path is:
http://www.webune.com/forums/difference-between-relative-path-and-absolute-path.html


Relative - the relative path simply means how the path is in relationship with the current page;

for example this post you are reading right now, the relative path is:
/difference-between-relative-path-and-absolute-path.html

as you can see from the examples, you can create you links as absolute or relative. the BEST way to program your links is to make them absolute because if you go with the absolute linking format, you will most likely avoid mistakes in your linking pages.

hope this helped you explained how relative and absolute paths are different.

i was looking for an explanation for someone to explain relative path and absolute path in web designing. thanks for explaining the differences between absolute and relative

what is the difference between relative age and absolute age? use an example in your explanation

absolute path contains full name of file including the source, for instance, c:\windows\temp\log.txt. relative path contains only the path relativaly to a certain folder, for instance, relative path of log.txt relativaly to the folder windows is temp\log.txt. read more: wiki.answers/q/what_is_the_difference_between_relative_path_and_absolute_path#ixzz1fapymk5w