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percent-encode

percent-encode verb: to convert special or reserved characters in a string (such as spaces, slashes or query symbols) into a safe format for use in URLs or URIs, by replacing each with a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits representing its byte value.

Verb

percent-encode (third-person singular simple present percent-encodes, present participle percent-encoding, simple past and past participle percent-encoded)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To convert special or reserved characters in a string (such as spaces, slashes or query symbols) into a safe format for use in URLs or URIs, by replacing each with a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits representing its byte value.

Forms of percent-encode

third-person singular presentpercent-encodes
present participlepercent-encoding
past participlepercent-encoded
pastpercent-encoded

Words formed from percent-encode

Questions about percent-encode

What does percent-encode mean?
Percent-encode means to convert special or reserved characters in a string (such as spaces, slashes or query symbols) into a safe format for use in URLs or URIs, by replacing each with a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits representing its byte value.
What part of speech is percent-encode?
Percent-encode is a verb.
What is the past tense of percent-encode?
The past tense of percent-encode is percent-encoded.

Words near percent-encode in the dictionary

  1. Percell
  2. Percells
  3. percent
  4. percent sign
  5. percent signs
  6. percent-encode
  7. percent-encoded
  8. percent-encodes
  9. percent-encoding
  10. percent-encodings
  11. percentage

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