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(dē kōd′, dē′-)

transitive verb decoded, decoding

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

See decode in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb de·cod·ed, de·cod·ing, de·codes

To convert from code into plain text.
To convert from a scrambled electronic signal into an interpretable one.
To extract the underlying meaning from: decode a complex literary text.

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