Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To convert from code into plaintext.
- transitive verb To convert from a scrambled electronic signal into an interpretable one.
- transitive verb To extract the underlying meaning from.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To turn or translate (a message or letter from a cipher code) into its original language or form. See
code , 4.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to convert from a coded form into the original form; -- of communications. Inverse of encode.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun cryptography A product of decoding
- noun computing Output from a program or device used to interpret communication protocols
- verb To convert from an
encrypted form toplain text . - verb To figure out something difficult to interpret.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb convert code into ordinary language
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Examples
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As 1080p decode is by far the most silicon-intensive thing any device will have to do, short of gaming or transcoding movies, any device that can do it can replace your computer for most purposes IF it can drive a bigger screen.
Netbooks and HD Video: Hot or Not? AMD and NVIDIA Hope for Hot 2009
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As 1080p decode is by far the most silicon-intensive thing any device will have to do, short of gaming or transcoding movies, any device that can do it can replace your computer for most purposes IF it can drive a bigger screen.
Netbooks and HD Video: Hot or Not? AMD and NVIDIA Hope for Hot 2009
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The question he must decode is is it better to risk losing or select Hillary.
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Oh dear, now we’re in to "Ben’s diary page that took forever to decode is the equal in importance of the blast door map" territory.
The Tail Section » Doc’s Week of LOST Season Four Predictions - Part One! 2007
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Gallant says that how the brain processes information on thoughts isn't understood well enough yet to "decode," or read, them.
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Gallant says that how the brain processes information on thoughts isn't understood well enough yet to "decode," or read, them.
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Gallant says that how the brain processes information on thoughts isn't understood well enough yet to "decode," or read, them.
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Gallant says that how the brain processes information on thoughts isn't understood well enough yet to "decode," or read, them.
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True, what I have written has something of the sentence length and lack of punctuation that made one wish the Romans had enjoyed Hemingway - typical of first drafts I am afraid - but you will find it quite clear if you choose to "decode" as in construing a passage of Livy.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Interestingly even Chomsky said he couldn't "decode" what was really going on in the economy.
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January 15, 2009