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What does "as" keyword mean in Laravel route ?

As keyword is in older version, if you change the documentation to 5.2 you can see the as keyword. In newer version it's ->name('route.name')

route() and with() in laravel

Route::get('user/{id}/profile', function ($id) {
    //
})->name('profile');

$url = route('profile', ['id' => 1, 'photos' => 'yes']);

// /user/1/profile?photos=yes