noun
named entity reference
Technical computing term used in XML/HTML contexts; refers to a predefined entity like & or <.
XMLでは、名前指定実体参照を使って特殊文字を表現する。
In XML, named entity references are used to represent special characters.
Compound of 名前 (name), 指定 (specification), 実体 (entity), and 参照 (reference), directly corresponding to the English computing term 'named entity reference'.