mojibake

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˌmoʊ.dʒiˈbɑ.ki/ or /ˌmoʊ.dʒiˈbɑ.keɪ/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˌməʊ.dʒiˈbɑː.ki/ or /ˌməʊ.dʒiˈbɑː.keɪ/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

Singular mojibake

Plural none

Mojibake on Japanese Wikipedia

1. (uncountable) (computing) Mojibake occurs when a computer tries to display characters encoded in a different format.

   Mojibake often looks like this: � � � �ա�.