uncook

Etymology

un- + cook

verb

  1. (transitive) To undo the act of cooking.
    You can't uncultivate anything, in the same way you can't uncook your food. 2019, Andy Brennan, Uncultivated, page 65
  2. (computing, slang, transitive) To repair (an MP3 audio file) that has been damaged ("cooked") by being converted through a text format and having line breaks applied to it.
    Hi all! I have developed a freeware utility to uncook MP3's... 1999, y2kilroy, “New Freeware Utility to uncook mp3's!”, in alt.music.mp3 (Usenet)
    If you "uncook" a file that isn't "cooked" you will just mess it up (and I don't know of any way to fix it then) - so uncooking should be used with caution (I'd suggest never over-writing the original file). 2000, Xorys, “Creating audio CD from mp3 files”, in alt.music.mp3 (Usenet)

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