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DECODE
decode, decrypt, decipher
(verb) convert code into ordinary language
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decode (third-person singular simple present decodes, present participle decoding, simple past and past participle decoded)
To convert from an encrypted form to plain text.
To figure out something difficult to interpret.
Synonyms
• decipher
Antonyms
• encode
Noun
decode (plural decodes)
(cryptography) A product of decoding
(computing) Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols
Source: Wiktionary
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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