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uudecode

uudecode verb: to decode (previously uuencoded data) back into its original binary form.

Verb

uudecode (third-person singular simple present uudecodes, present participle uudecoding, simple past and past participle uudecoded)

  1. (transitive) To decode (previously uuencoded data) back into its original binary form.

Forms of uudecode

third-person singular presentuudecodes
present participleuudecoding
past participleuudecoded
pastuudecoded

Origin of uudecode

After the Unix program uudecode (Unix-to-Unix decoding), for decoding binary data for transmission over the UUCP mail system.

Words that rhyme with uudecode

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Questions about uudecode

What does uudecode mean?
Uudecode means to decode (previously uuencoded data) back into its original binary form.
What part of speech is uudecode?
Uudecode is a verb.
What is the past tense of uudecode?
The past tense of uudecode is uudecoded.

Words near uudecode in the dictionary

  1. utzed
  2. Utzes
  3. UU
  4. UUA
  5. UUCP
  6. uudecode
  7. uudecoded
  8. uudecodes
  9. uudecoding
  10. uuencode
  11. uuencoded

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