Synonyms for URL encoding

Definition of URL encoding:

URL encoding, also known as percent-encoding, is a mechanism used to translate characters into a format that can be safely transmitted over the internet, particularly within Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). It replaces characters that are not allowed or have special meaning in a URL (like spaces, ampersands, or non-ASCII characters) with a percent sign (%) followed by two hexadecimal digits representing the character's ASCII value. This process prevents misinterpretation by web servers and browsers, ensuring that all data, especially in query strings, is correctly preserved. For instance, a space character is typically encoded as "%20" and a forward slash as "%2F".