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The definition of a decoder is a person or tool that figures out a scrambled message.

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An example of a decoder is a machine that figures out the letter equivalent of a message written in all numbers.

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See decoder in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

See decoder in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One that decodes.
A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal to make it interpretable.

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