odd url format - what is it called?

[charles]

Is there a specific word/term for this url format?

http%3A%2F%2Fwww.example.com%2Fname-for-this-url-type%2F

[rod]

@charles URL encoding

URL Encoding
URLs can only be sent over the Internet using the ASCII character-set.
Since URLs often contain characters outside the ASCII set, the URL has to be converted into a valid ASCII format.
URL encoding replaces unsafe ASCII characters with a "%" followed by two hexadecimal digits.
URLs cannot contain spaces. URL encoding normally replaces a space with a plus (+) sign or with %20.

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp

[charles]

@rod always learning here. thanks!

[rod]

Me also! This is a great community of knowledgeable people who seem genuinely interested in sharing their knowledge.

Funny that mostly I see that URL butchering on Windows systems. The Linux and OS X ones don't seem to have to obliterate URLs so badly.