Question

What is the difference between a URL, a URI, and a URN?

Answer 1

From RFC 3986:

A URI can be further classified as a locator, a name, or both. The term "Uniform Resource Locator" (URL) refers to the subset of URIs that, in addition to identifying a resource, provide a means of locating the resource by describing its primary access mechanism (e.g., its network "location"). The term "Uniform Resource Name" (URN) has been used historically to refer to both URIs under the "urn" scheme [RFC2141], which are required to remain globally unique and persistent even when the resource ceases to exist or becomes unavailable, and to any other URI with the properties of a name.

So all URLs are URIs, and all URNs are URIs – but URNs and URLs are different, so you can’t say that all URIs are URLs.

If you haven’t already read Roger Pate’s answer, I’d advise doing so as well.