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percent-encoding

percent-encoding noun: a method used to encode special or reserved characters in URIs and URLs by replacing them with a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits representing the character's byte value. Also the present participle and gerund of percent-encode.

Noun

percent-encoding (usually uncountable, plural percent-encodings)

  1. (Internet, usually) A method used to encode special or reserved characters in URIs and URLs by replacing them with a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits representing the character's byte value.
    Synonyms:
    URL encoding

Also used as

percent-encoding is also the present participle and gerund of percent-encode.

Synonyms of percent-encoding

Forms of percent-encoding

pluralpercent-encodings

Questions about percent-encoding

What does percent-encoding mean?
Percent-encoding means a method used to encode special or reserved characters in URIs and URLs by replacing them with a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits representing the character's byte value.
What part of speech is percent-encoding?
Percent-encoding is a noun.
What is the plural of percent-encoding?
The plural of percent-encoding is percent-encodings.

Words near percent-encoding in the dictionary

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

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