Decode Definition

dē-kōd
decoded, decodes, decoding
verb
decoded, decodes, decoding
To translate (a coded message) into ordinary language.
Webster's New World
To convert (data) by removing or reversing previously applied electronic code.
Webster's New World
To convert from a scrambled electronic signal into an interpretable one.
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To extract the underlying meaning from.
Decode a complex literary text.
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To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.

The cryptographer decoded the secret message and sent the result to the officer.
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noun
(cryptography) A product of decoding.
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(computing) Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols.
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