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decode Definition

de·code (dē kōd′, dē′-)

transitive verb -·cod′ed, -·cod′·ing

  1. to translate (a coded message) into ordinary language
  2. to convert (data) by removing or reversing previously applied electronic code

Decode Hacker Definition

To reverse a previously used encoding process. Typically, binary data gets encoded so that the human eye can at least register it. Binary Data is encoded into a “readable” format so that it can be transmitted by text-based protocols such as SMTP (email) or HTTP (Web).

See Also: Code; Encode; BASE64.

decode Usage Examples

Object

  • circuitry: It would contain the basic audio decoding circuitry to enable CDI format sound playback.
  • genome: Intellectual Property We take the view that simply decoding a genome, human or otherwise, is an exercise in discovery rather than invention.
  • byte: Create a Unicode object by decoding size bytes of the encoded string s.
  • algorithm: However, this is not practical due to the complexity of the decoding algorithm.
  • signal: Alarm indicators operate for 1 minute per decoded signal from fire alarm sounder.
  • message: Step 3 is to decode the messages from the carriers.

Modifies a noun

genetics: Sir John had been on the board of directors of deCODE genetics, from 1997-2004.

Modifying Another Word

  • automatically: You may not want UTF8 strings automatically decoding to unicode.
  • easily: A problem pattern can be more efficiently discerned, more easily decoded, and more effectively transformed.
  • once: In addition, his work is more idiosyncratic than MEZ's, whose content, once decoded, tends not to be especially esoteric.
  • then: The signal is received and decoded then ingested into the reception computer.
  • only: The anonymous marks are decoded only after a final mark has been agreed.
  • just: The special set-top box is quite " stupid " ; it just decodes the MPEG streams.

Used with why or when

  • when: This industry standard method ensures that information sent from your browser is scrambled whilst in transit and decoded when it arrives on our server.
  • what: Yes, well I feel that it took me along time to decode what was going on.
  • that: It was spawned from the ideas of iterative decoding that were being used for turbo codes at the time.

Present participle complement

use: In the latter case the signal is decoded using the state-of-the-art Philips decoder.

Preposition: of

  • genome: Already we have seen the decoding of the human genome, promising a revolution in medical care.
  • message: In this activity you will find out about some of the mathematics behind the coding and decoding of messages.
  • speech: Support vector machines for segmental minimum Bayes risk decoding of continuous speech.