Associations to the word «Decoder»

Wiktionary

DECODER, noun. A person who decodes secret messages
DECODER, noun. A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal

Dictionary definition

DECODER, noun. The kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text.
DECODER, noun. A machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats