"mojibake" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌməʊd͡ʒiˈbɑːki/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-keɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/ [General-American], /-keɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mojibake.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 文字化け (mojibake), from 文字 (moji, “character”) + 化ける (bakeru, “to transform, take a different form”, generally in a negative way). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|文字化け|tr=mojibake}} Japanese 文字化け (mojibake) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mojibake (uncountable)
  1. (computing) Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: emoji Translations (corrupt characters or letters): مُوجِيبَاكِي (mujibākī) [masculine] (Arabic), краказя́бра (krakazjábra) [feminine] (Belarusian), маймуница (majmunica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Bochstabesallaat (Central Franconian), 亂碼 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 乱码 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 亂碼 (Chinese Cantonese), 乱码 (lyun⁶ maa⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 亂碼 (Chinese Mandarin), 乱码 (luànmǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), mojibake (Dutch), moĝibako (Esperanto), mojibake (Finnish), mojibake [masculine] (French), mojibake (Galician), Mojibake [feminine] (German), Krähenfüße [masculine, plural] (German), Zeichensalat [masculine] (German), סינית (sinít) [feminine] (Hebrew), modzsibake (Hungarian), betűszemét (Hungarian), krikszkraksz (Hungarian), mojibake [plural] (Italian), 文字化け (mojibake) (alt: もじばけ) (Japanese), 깨진 글자 (kkaejin) (Korean), 글자 깨짐 (geulja kkaejim) (Korean), 외계어 (oegyeeo) (Korean), tegnsalat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teiknsalat [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), موجیباکه (mojibâke) (Persian), krzaczek [humorous, masculine, plural] (Polish), krzak [masculine, plural] (Polish), krzaki [masculine, plural] (Polish), mojibake (Portuguese), maimuțica (Romanian), модзиба́ке (modzibáke) [neuter] (Russian), бнопня́ (bnopnjá) [feminine] (Russian), бНОПНЯ́ (bNOPNJÁ) [feminine] (Russian), бу́ква «зю» (alt: búkva «zju») [feminine] (Russian), кракозя́бра (krakozjábra) [feminine] (Russian), крякозя́бра (krjakozjábra) [feminine] (Russian), крокозя́бра (krokozjábra) [feminine] (Russian), закаля́ка (zakaljáka) [feminine] (Russian), зю́ква (zjúkva) [feminine] (Russian), ђу̏бре [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), đȕbre [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), mojibake (Spanish), mojibake (Swedish), ภาษาต่างดาว (paa-sǎa-dtàang-daao) (Thai), крокозя́бра (krokozjábra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), loạn mã (alt: 亂碼) (Vietnamese)

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        "2": "ja",
        "3": "文字化け",
        "tr": "mojibake"
      },
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    }
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    }
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    "mo‧ji‧ba‧ke"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "emoji"
    }
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Japanese",
        "English terms derived from Japanese",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Requests for gender in Central Franconian entries",
        "Requests for gender in Dutch entries",
        "Requests for gender in Galician entries",
        "Requests for gender in Portuguese entries",
        "Requests for gender in Romanian entries",
        "Requests for gender in Spanish entries",
        "Requests for gender in Swedish entries",
        "Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Central Franconian translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hokkien translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall, Jon Orwant, Programming Perl, O'Reilly, page 285",
          "text": "Alas, you'll even see “text” files where some lines have one encoding but other lines have different encodings. You are guaranteed to see mojibake.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Lydia Chen, When the Flowers Withered, Singapore: Partridge Publishing",
          "text": "The space behind the door is filled with mojibake, more specifically, a mojibake that is made of pieces of my memory. “Why? Why do I like girls?” I hear a younger voice of mine echoing in the room.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding."
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
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          "display#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "transferred",
          "transfer#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "inappropriate",
          "inappropriate"
        ],
        [
          "character set",
          "character set"
        ],
        [
          "encoding",
          "encoding#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(computing) Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˌməʊd͡ʒiˈbɑːki/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-keɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmoʊd͡ʒiˈbɑki/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-keɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mujibākī",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُوجِيبَاكِي"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "krakazjábra",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "краказя́бра"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "majmunica",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "маймуница"
    },
    {
      "code": "gmw-cfr",
      "lang": "Central Franconian",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "Bochstabesallaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "亂碼"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "lyun⁶ maa⁵",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "乱码"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "亂碼"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "乱码"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "亂碼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luànmǎ",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "乱码"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "mojibake"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "moĝibako"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "mojibake"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mojibake"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "mojibake"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mojibake"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "Krähenfüße"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeichensalat"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sinít",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "סינית"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "modzsibake"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "betűszemét"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "krikszkraksz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mojibake"
    },
    {
      "alt": "もじばけ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mojibake",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "文字化け"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkaejin",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "깨진 글자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geulja kkaejim",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "글자 깨짐"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "oegyeeo",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "외계어"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tegnsalat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "teiknsalat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mojibâke",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "موجیباکه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krzaczek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krzak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "krzaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "mojibake"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "maimuțica"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "modzibáke",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "модзиба́ке"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bnopnjá",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бнопня́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bNOPNJÁ",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бНОПНЯ́"
    },
    {
      "alt": "búkva «zju»",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бу́ква «зю»"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krakozjábra",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кракозя́бра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krjakozjábra",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крякозя́бра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krokozjábra",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крокозя́бра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakaljáka",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "закаля́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zjúkva",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зю́ква"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ђу̏бре"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "đȕbre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "mojibake"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "mojibake"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "paa-sǎa-dtàang-daao",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "ภาษาต่างดาว"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krokozjábra",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "крокозя́бра"
    },
    {
      "alt": "亂碼",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "corrupt characters or letters",
      "word": "loạn mã"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mojibake"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": loān-bé vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "mojibake"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mojibake",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": geulja vs. kkaejin",
  "path": [
    "mojibake"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "mojibake",
  "trace": ""
}

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