Input file
URL
- Full Name: Internet Shortcut - URL - Uniform Resource Locator
- Developer: N/A
Output file
HTML
- Full Name: HTML Hypertext Markup Language Web Page Format
- Developer: N/A
What is URL file?
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) file extension is used to create shortcuts to web pages. The URL file type can be opened using various web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox. In Windows-based operating systems, the ..url file extension appears as an Internet Shortcut - an icon with a curved arrow. This small icon is only a link to the actual webpage, not the content itself. Double-clicking on this icon will take you directly to the associated website. [ ⏩ ] URL file extension
What is HTML file?
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is a web page-based document file extension that utilizes basic tags and elements to define the structure of text, images and other elements that are displayed on a web page. The HTML file extension is a generic format used mainly to create documents using text content and web-friendly graphics. .HTML files contain content that is mapped out in HTML elements such as links, tables, headings, paragraphs, images and lists among others. [ ⏩ ] HTML file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from URL to HTML?
To successfully convert the URL file to HTML, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.URL). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case HTML (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than HTML).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. URL to HTML. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting URL files to HTML files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension HTML, while before this step we had the URL file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new HTML file, or not.