This is a bit erroneous without an in-depth knowledge of the underlying principles. The term URI is technical and can be used to describe a variety of things making it hard to explain without an exact context.

A URI (uniform resource identifier) is made up a URL (uniform resource location) and a URN (uniform resource name).

A URL is a location.

A URN describes a resource.

So, a URI identifies both a location and a resource. A URI tells you where to go and describes what you might find there.

A good example of a URL is:
http://www.mahalo.com/

A good example of a URI is:
http://www.mahao.com/robbrown

Notice that the URI tells you both where to go (the URL) and what is there (the directory).

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