unpickle

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verb

To deserialize.

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Meanings

verbunpickle (third-person singular simple present unpickles, present participle unpickling, simple past and past participle unpickled)

present singular third person unpickles · participle present unpickling · participle past unpickled · past unpickled

  1. transitivecomputingTo deserialize.

    To reconstruct the message, the receiver must strip the length header, read the entire message, unpickle the contents, and call logging.makeLogRecord().

    2009, David M. Beazley, Python essential reference, page 362

Origin

From un- + pickle.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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