address bars

Browser navigation strips

An address bar is the text field in a web browser where you type or view URLs.

It displays the current page's web address and lets you navigate by entering new ones.

Modern address bars double as search boxes—type a query instead of a URL and it searches automatically.

I pasted the link into the address bar.

Related
  • inputData received for processing
  • boxLidded storage container
  • fieldArea of specialty
  • hyperlinkClickable reference to another page
  • URLWeb location identifier

bar · browsers · drop down · domain · web browser · bookmark · toolbars · focus · HTTP · text · file manager · www · websites · type · type in · navigation bar · search bar · enter

Opposites
navigation method

address barssearch boxes

Text fields for queries

search engines · bookmarks · hyperlinks · back button · browser history

input specificity

address barssearch boxes

Text fields for queries

omnibox · autocomplete

Family

address, addresses, addressed, addressing, addressee, bars, barred, barring

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G