verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   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. Internet, transitive

Related phrases

percent-encoding

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