Mojibake Definition
noun
Corrupt characters or letters, especially from display or transfer through an inappropriate character set or encoding, e.g., •¶Žš‰»‚¯, which is a corruption of 文字化け.
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Origin of Mojibake
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Japanese 文字化け (mojibake), from 文字 (moji, “character”) + 化ける (bakeru, “transform, take a different form”, generally in a negative way).
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