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

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle