During the scoping phase of a web application penetration test, a client provides the following target: https://api.example.com/v1/users. Which term best and most specifically describes this entire string?
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the most specific and accurate term for the provided string, as it includes the protocol (https), the domain (api.example.com), and the path to the resource (/v1/users). While all URLs are a type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), 'URL' is more specific because it implies a location and a method for retrieval. A domain is only a part of the string, and an IP address is a numerical label which is not present here.
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