DECODER

Decoder

A decoder is a device which does the reverse operation of an encoder, undoing the encoding so that the original information can be retrieved. The same method used to encode is usually just reversed in order to decode. It is a combinational circuit that converts binary information from n input lines to a maximum of 2n unique output lines.

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decoder

Noun

  1. A person who decodes secret messages
  2. A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal


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