decoder
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- noun
- /dɪˈkoʊdər/
- Specialized
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decodificador
- The television needs a digital decoder to display the high-definition channels correctly.
- video decoder
- audio decoder
- advanced decoders
It gave us flashbacks to the AMD decoder ring for a CPU naming schema.
- It gave us flashbacks to the AMD decoder ring for a CPU naming schema.
- And once you once you have that decoder ring, you see, you see trends and signs of this across the progressives spectrum.
Examples
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It's a language decoder.
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The audio and video data for a single program are forwarded to the appropriate decoder.
Academic text (1998) -
We know they are looking for some kind of DNA decoder.
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They'll have a portable decoder here in two hours.
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The decoder uses these same definitions of the A register and the Amin value.
Academic text (1998) -
When all of the necessary information is available, the decoders decompress the respective streams and send the output to the television.
Academic text (1998) -
The transport then filters and forwards the required audio and video streams to the decoders.
Academic text (1998) -
After criminals faked registration numbers, the Ministry supplied decoders to all licensed pharmacies and pharmaceutical enforcement branches.
Academic text (2016) -
I'm going to get a NAD T770 digital decoder with a 70-watt amp and Burr Brown DACs.
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He bought a new decoder that allows him to watch international channels on his TV.
Synonyms
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4.6
A person, machine, or program that finds the meaning of secret messages
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9.9
A machine that decodes secret messages
How Revealing
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Decoder comes from the verb decode, where de- means 'remove' and code means 'a system of signs or a secret message'. A decoder is literally something that 'removes' the code to give plain language, which is why it turns coded or encrypted messages into readable text.