ASCIIfication

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noun

The act of ASCIIfying, or converting to ASCII.

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Meanings

nounASCIIfication (plural ASCIIfications)

plural ASCIIfications

  1. The act of ASCIIfying, or converting to ASCII.

    This limitation required the "asciification" or "romanization" of many texts, in which ASCII equivalents were defined for characters not defined in the character set.

    2010, Nitin Indurkhya, Fred J. Damerau, editors, Handbook of Natural Language Processing, 2nd edition, CRC Press, page 11
  2. The state of being ASCIIfied.

Synonyms & antonyms

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ASCIIization

Origin

From ASCII + -fication.

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APA

ASCIIfication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ASCIIfication

MLA

“ASCIIfication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ASCIIfication. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ASCIIfication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ASCIIfication.

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