Android Question What is URI.. help

[persianpowerman1]

if you could please make me understand...
or even tell me what to read up on...
cuz i never understood... what is this URI..
i keep reading in code?
like example...

Code:
Private dataUri, contactUri

thanx,
YO!han

 

[Erel]

A Uri is similar to the internet URLs. It is a unique string that is like an address of a specific resource.

dataUri and contactUri are addresses used by the contacts provider.