Synonyms for URI encoding

Definition of URI encoding:

URI encoding, also widely known as percent-encoding or URL encoding, is a standardized mechanism used to translate characters into a format universally permitted within a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI). This process primarily converts characters that are reserved (like '/', '?', '&'), have special meaning, or are outside the standard ASCII character set, into a sequence of a percent sign '%' followed by two hexadecimal digits. It ensures that URIs remain syntactically valid and unambiguous when transmitted or processed across various systems on the internet. For example, a space character is encoded as '%20' and an ampersand '&' becomes '%26'. This encoding is critical for correctly constructing web addresses, specifying query parameters, and submitting data in web forms.