Significance of the Route Name in MVC 4

Question

I was looking at the Routing Concepts of MVC and specifically at the below line:

routes.MapRoute(
 "Default", // Route name
 "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // Route Pattern
 new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Default values.
 );

Everything's fine, but I don't get the significance of the Route Name.

Is it just a term out there ? or is there anything significant with it ?

Am I missing using it or where are the places it is used in MVC 4 ?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Am I missing using it or where are the places it is used in MVC 4 ?

There are Helper methods that use the route name.

See for example the RouteLink and RouteUrl methods :