noun
named character reference
Technical term in HTML/XML for referring to a character by a predefined name, e.g., & for '&'.
HTMLでは、名前指定文字参照を使って特殊文字を表現できます。
In HTML, you can represent special characters using named character references.
Compound of 名前 (name), 指定 (specification), 文字 (character), and 参照 (reference). A direct translation of the English computing term.