"decoder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈkəʊdə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: decoders [plural]
Etymology: From decode + -er. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|decode|-er|id2=agent noun}} decode + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} decoder (plural decoders)
  1. A person who decodes secret messages Categories (topical): People Translations (A person who decodes secret messages): koodin purkaja (Finnish), Dekodierer [masculine] (German), Dekodiererin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-decoder-en-noun-h3ZVxvmv Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Disambiguation of 'A person who decodes secret messages': 98 2
  2. A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal Translations (A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal): descodificador [masculine] (Catalan), dekodér [masculine] (Czech), decoder [masculine] (Dutch), dekooder (Estonian), dekooderi (Finnish), Dekoder [masculine] (German), αποκωδικοποιητής (apokodikopoiitís) [masculine] (Greek), dekòder [masculine] (Kashubian), dekoder (Malay), dekoder [masculine] (Polish), deszyfrator [masculine] (Polish), decodor [neuter] (Romanian), descodificador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-decoder-en-noun-qdj~h7VX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 84 Disambiguation of 'A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: decoder ring Related terms: coder

Inflected forms

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