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Meaning of mojibake | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˌməʊd͡ʒiˈbɑːki

Definitions

Corrupt characters or letters, especially resulting from being displayed or transferred through an inappropriate character set or encoding.

uncountable

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Examples

“Alas, you'll even see “text” files where some lines have one encoding but other lines have different encodings. You are guaranteed to see mojibake.”
“The space behind the door is filled with mojibake, more specifically, a mojibake that is made of pieces of my memory. “Why? Why do I like girls?” I hear a younger voice of mine echoing in the room.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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