"percent-encode" meaning in English

See percent-encode in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: percent-encodes [present, singular, third-person], percent-encoding [participle, present], percent-encoded [participle, past], percent-encoded [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|percent-encodes|percent-encoding|percent-encoded|percent-encoded}} percent-encode (third-person singular simple present percent-encodes, present participle percent-encoding, simple past and past participle percent-encoded)
  1. (computing, 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. Tags: Internet, transitive Derived forms: percent-encoding

Inflected forms

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        [
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        [
          "character",
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "space",
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        ],
        [
          "slash",
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        ],
        [
          "query",
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        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
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          "safe",
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        ],
        [
          "format",
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        ],
        [
          "URL",
          "URL"
        ],
        [
          "URI",
          "URI"
        ],
        [
          "replacing",
          "replacing"
        ],
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          "percent sign",
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          "followed",
          "followed"
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        ],
        [
          "digit",
          "digit"
        ],
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          "byte",
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        ],
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        "(computing, 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."
      ],
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        ],
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          "format",
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        ],
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        [
          "URI",
          "URI"
        ],
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          "percent sign",
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          "followed",
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          "hexadecimal",
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        ],
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          "digit",
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        ],
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          "representing",
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          "byte",
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          "value",
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        ]
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        "(computing, 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."
      ],
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        "Internet",
        "transitive"
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
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        "physical-sciences",
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