"ASCIIfy" meaning in English

See ASCIIfy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: ASCIIfies [present, singular, third-person], ASCIIfying [participle, present], ASCIIfied [participle, past], ASCIIfied [past], asciify [alternative]
Etymology: From ASCII + -fy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ASCII|fy}} ASCII + -fy Head templates: {{en-verb}} ASCIIfy (third-person singular simple present ASCIIfies, present participle ASCIIfying, simple past and past participle ASCIIfied)
  1. (transitive, computing) To convert into ASCII or, more generally, into 7-bit data. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ASCIIfy-en-verb-1-WM9W63 Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -fy, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fy: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (orthography) To reduce extended Latin text to characters of the ASCII character set.
    Sense id: en-ASCIIfy-en-verb-hUwC2N11 Categories (other): Orthography, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Meronyms: uuencode Derived forms: ASCIIfication

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "word": "ASCIIfication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ASCII",
        "3": "fy"
      },
      "expansion": "ASCII + -fy",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ASCII + -fy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ASCIIfies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ASCIIfying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ASCIIfied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ASCIIfied",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asciify",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ASCIIfy (third-person singular simple present ASCIIfies, present participle ASCIIfying, simple past and past participle ASCIIfied)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "meronyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "word": "uuencode"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -fy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To convert into ASCII or, more generally, into 7-bit data."
      ],
      "id": "en-ASCIIfy-en-verb-1-WM9W63",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "convert",
          "convert"
        ],
        [
          "ASCII",
          "ASCII"
        ],
        [
          "7-bit",
          "7-bit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computing) To convert into ASCII or, more generally, into 7-bit data."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Orthography",
          "orig": "en:Orthography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce extended Latin text to characters of the ASCII character set."
      ],
      "id": "en-ASCIIfy-en-verb-hUwC2N11",
      "links": [
        [
          "orthography",
          "orthography"
        ],
        [
          "extended Latin",
          "extended Latin"
        ],
        [
          "ASCII",
          "ASCII"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(orthography) To reduce extended Latin text to characters of the ASCII character set."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "orthography",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ASCIIfy"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -fy",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ASCIIfication"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ASCII",
        "3": "fy"
      },
      "expansion": "ASCII + -fy",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ASCII + -fy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ASCIIfies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ASCIIfying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ASCIIfied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ASCIIfied",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "asciify",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ASCIIfy (third-person singular simple present ASCIIfies, present participle ASCIIfying, simple past and past participle ASCIIfied)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "meronyms": [
    {
      "word": "uuencode"
    }
  ],
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To convert into ASCII or, more generally, into 7-bit data."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "convert",
          "convert"
        ],
        [
          "ASCII",
          "ASCII"
        ],
        [
          "7-bit",
          "7-bit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computing) To convert into ASCII or, more generally, into 7-bit data."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Orthography"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce extended Latin text to characters of the ASCII character set."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "orthography",
          "orthography"
        ],
        [
          "extended Latin",
          "extended Latin"
        ],
        [
          "ASCII",
          "ASCII"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(orthography) To reduce extended Latin text to characters of the ASCII character set."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "orthography",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ASCIIfy"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ASCIIfy meaning in English (1.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.