DECODER

decoder

(noun) a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language

decoder, decipherer

(noun) the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

decoder (plural decoders)

A person who decodes secret messages

A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal

Anagrams

• code red, decored, recoded

Source: Wiktionary



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PTEROSAUR

(noun) an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb


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