Just about everyone reading this is probably familiar with these three key facts about C:
I suggest "array-to-pointer decay" is a reasonable shorthand, since "decay" is commonplace jargon in referring to the type conversion, with precedent elsewhere in the C FAQ: Question 6.12:
Q: Since array references decay into pointers, if arr is an array, what's the difference between arr and &arr?
An extended technical meaning of "decay" that includes this one has been adopted into C++ Standard Library nomenclature since C++11: std::decay