uuencode
/juːjuːɛnˈkəʊd/
uuencode verb: to encode (binary data) into a text-based format for transmission.
Verb
uuencode (third-person singular simple present uuencodes, present participle uuencoding, simple past and past participle uuencoded)
- To encode (binary data) into a text-based format for transmission.
Forms of uuencode
| third-person singular present | uuencodes |
|---|---|
| present participle | uuencoding |
| past participle | uuencoded |
| past | uuencoded |
Origin of uuencode
After the Unix program uuencode (Unix-to-Unix encoding), for encoding binary data for transmission over the UUCP mail system.
Words that rhyme with uuencode
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- abode
- bode
- choad
- corrode
- encode
- goad
- toad
- antipode
- decode
- episode
- erode
- forebode
- hoed
- incommode
- overrode
- recode
- rode
- strode
- throwed
- unicode
- woad
- 'splode
- bestowed
- cestode
- chode
- crowed
- discommode
- glode
- Gold Code
- grode
- growed
- hode
- I'll be blowed
- lowed
- mowed
- nuclear code
- ode
- owed
- shode
- side road
- Spanish Road
- stroad
- subnode
- tode
- toed
- towed
- Union Road
- uudecode
Questions about uuencode
- What does uuencode mean?
- Uuencode means to encode (binary data) into a text-based format for transmission.
- What part of speech is uuencode?
- Uuencode is a verb.
- How do you pronounce uuencode?
- Uuencode is pronounced /juːjuːɛnˈkəʊd/.
- What is the past tense of uuencode?
- The past tense of uuencode is uuencoded.
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