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databend

databend verb: to manipulate a digital image by editing the underlying data in a tool not intended for the purpose, producing glitchy results.

Verb

databend (third-person singular simple present databends, present participle databending, simple past and past participle databent)

  1. To manipulate a digital image by editing the underlying data in a tool not intended for the purpose, producing glitchy results.

Forms of databend

third-person singular presentdatabends
present participledatabending
past participledatabent
pastdatabent

Origin of databend

From data + bend, modelled on earlier circuit bending.

Questions about databend

What does databend mean?
Databend means to manipulate a digital image by editing the underlying data in a tool not intended for the purpose, producing glitchy results.
What part of speech is databend?
Databend is a verb.
What is the past tense of databend?
The past tense of databend is databent.

Words near databend in the dictionary

  1. databaseless
  2. databaselike
  3. databases
  4. databasey
  5. databasing
  6. databend
  7. databending
  8. databends
  9. databent
  10. datable
  11. datableness

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