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If we want that a character be interpreted by the client instead of the server, we use client-side scripting languages or techniques. However, the specific answer you’re looking for in the context of web development, particularly concerning how characters in URLs or HTML are processed, seems to be about escaping characters.
In the context of ensuring a character is interpreted by the client (for example, in a URL or when injecting content into HTML), you often need to use certain encoding or escaping mechanisms. For URLs, this is percent-encoding (also known as URL encoding), where special characters are replaced with `%` followed by two hexadecimal digits representing the character’s ASCII code. In HTML, entities (such as `<` for the less-than symbol `<`) are used to ensure characters are treated as part of the text and not as HTML code.
However, the placeholder you’ve provided “_________” suggests you’re looking for a specific term or mechanism name that wasn’t included. The closest and most general principle that fits the intent of ensuring a character is interpreted in a specific way (especially by the client, not the server) is “escaping.” When we escape a character, we modify its representation so the system (in this case, the client, such as a web browser) treats it differently from its standard interpretation.
So, a generalized framing of the answer without a specific term provided could be: “use escaping mechanisms.”
If you’re thinking of something more specific, like a particular function or method