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decoder definition

de·coder (-ər)

noun

  1. a person who decodes messages
  2. a device that decodes scrambled messages sent by telephone
  3. in an electronic digital computer, a circuit device that determines the content of a given instruction or performs digital-to-analog conversion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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