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ASCIIfy

verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To convert into ASCII or, more generally, into 7-bit data.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To reduce extended Latin text to characters of the ASCII character set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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3

verb

Meaning 3

Alternative spelling of ASCIIfy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:asciify.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From ASCII + -fy.