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What is URI?
URI (also called Uniform Resource Identifier): A Uniform Resource Identifier is a string that names a resource, either by location or by name. A URL is the common kind that says where to find it. The word appears in standards documents and in OAuth as redirect URI.
URI: an example
urn:isbn:9780131103627 is a URI that names a book without saying where to fetch it.
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Where you learn it
URI is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.