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 to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan