title: What is the correct terminology for breaking up a URI into its component parts?
body: <p>Suppose we have a string <code>"http://www.example.com/feed"</code>. I am breaking this string up into three pieces for use with Apache's <code>URI</code> class:
   1. "http"
   2. "www.example.com"
   3. "/feed"</p>
  
  <p>Is there a proper term for this process of breaking down a URI into its component pieces?</p>