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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky