decoder
noun
de·cod·er
(ˌ)dē-ˈkō-dər 
: one that decodes
especially
: an electronic device that converts signals from one form to another (as for unscrambling a television transmission)
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Accessible rooms have mobility features like doorways that provide 32 inches of clear width, assistive listening devices, TTY, and closed captioning or closed caption decoders for TVs.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The power supplies that feed the motor and laser servo circuits are separated from the decoder stage that processes the digital audio signal.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
This architecture includes what AI mavens refer to as an encoder-processor-decoder structure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Now, computers could play back reasonably high-quality songs from small files using software decoders.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
The power supplies that feed the motor and laser servo circuits are separated from the decoder stage that processes the digital audio signal.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
This architecture includes what AI mavens refer to as an encoder-processor-decoder structure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Now, computers could play back reasonably high-quality songs from small files using software decoders.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for decoder
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“Decoder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decoder. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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