Isn't there a hard and fast rule that before a vowel you use an?

SO whether it is an URL,

or an Uniform Resource Locater, it's still before a vowel?

-Gel

The rule is "a" before a consonant and "an" before vowels or vowel-like sounds.  It's how the next word is pronounced not spelled.

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We use a before singular count-nouns that begin with consonants (a cow, a barn, a sheep); we use an before singular count-nouns that begin with vowels or vowel-like sounds (an apple, an urban blight, an open door). Words that begin with an h sound often require an a (as in a horse, a history book, a hotel), but if an h-word begins with an actual vowel sound, use an an (as in an hour, an honor).
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