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In this lesson we'll explore absolute verse relative file referencing the concept is best illustrated

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with an example in our last exercise we inserted a video into our each page we did so using the video

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element which required a source attribute

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we've worked with the source attribute when inserting images as well the source attribute requires that

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we specify the source location and name of the file we want to insert into our document since the files

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we've inserted to this point are in the same folder is the HMO file.

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We've only had to specify a file name for example why a dot MP for this is an example of relative file

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referencing the path of the file is defined relative to its directory now see for example we wanted

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to insert an image into this document from an external source.

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For example another Web site altogether for that we need to use absolute file referencing an absolute

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file path requires that we include the complete address of the file as shown in this block of code that

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I'm about to insert here we've included a jeep and file from an external website.

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Plan wallpaper dot com.

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The fool you are L2 the file is required for the image to be displayed because it's from an external

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source.

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So now if I refresh the page we can see that the image is output it in our web browser.

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Here is the URL to the image and you can see that it's displayed in the browser when we access it.

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And so that's all there is to it when it comes to relative versus absolute file referencing.