What is the term for a name converted to a URL par

Question

I want to learn what is it called -if there is any name for it- when you convert a name to a URL parameter, like, urldecode() in PHP.

Suppose in my database, I list some TV series, and one row is for The Big Bang Theory, I usually do it like:

title                  name
------                 -----
The Big Bang Theory    the-big-bang-theory

So is there a specific name for the second column, named "name"?

I remember something like "slug" or "stub" from one of the CMS’.

Answer 1

http://example.com/articles/the-big-bang-theory?revision=1

• Path:
  /articles/the-big-bang-theory

• Path segments/subcomponents:
  articles
the-big-bang-theory

• Slug (not a technically defined term):
  the-big-bang-theory

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http://example.com/articles/427ds17v223?revision=1

• Path:
  /articles/427ds17v223

• Path segments/subcomponents:
  articles
427ds17v223

• Slug (not a technically defined term):
  none, or 427ds17v223

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There are various definitions for the term slug. Some may always call the last path segment a slug, some may use this term only if the last path segment is human-readable/understandable.