Uuencode

//juːjuːɛnˈkəʊd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To encode (binary data) into a text-based format for transmission. transitive

Etymology

After the Unix program uuencode (Unix-to-Unix encoding), for encoding binary data for transmission over the UUCP mail system.

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