decoders
Message unscrambling devices
Decoders are devices or programs that convert encoded information back into usable form.
A cable decoder unscrambles television signals.
In computing, audio and video decoders translate compressed files into playable media.
A person who interprets coded messages or complex information is also a decoder: cryptographers and decoders worked around the clock.
The term extends to anything that helps make sense of obscure content: a decoder ring for corporate jargon.
Encoded messages or zeroes
- encryptionConverting data into code
- codebreakersThose who decipher encrypted messages
- cryptanalysisStudy of breaking ciphers
- keysLock-operating instruments
algorithms · decryption · Enigma · Bletchley Park · Turing · plaintext · ciphertext · substitution
Those who accept transmissions
- antennasSignal-receiving apparatus
- tunersFrequency-selecting devices
- digital televisionBinary-encoded broadcast medium
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
cable · channels · descrambling · smartcards · subscription · broadcasting · terrestrial · streaming
Closed electrical paths
- chipsThin fried slices
- receiversThose who accept transmissions
- tunersFrequency-selecting devices
- convertersThings that transform formats
amplifiers · transistors · capacitors · signal processing · DAC · codec · firmware · hardware
Syntax analysis tools
- interpretersOral language mediators
- compilersPrograms converting source code
- binaryConsisting of two parts
- hexadecimalSixteen-digit numeral system
ASCII · UTF-8 · Base64 · JSON · XML · libraries · APIs · software
Language conversion specialists
- interpretersOral language mediators
- readersThose who peruse text
- analystsThose who dissect data
- phoneticsStudy of speech sounds
phonics · morphology · semantics · syntax · meaning · comprehension · literacy · dyslexia
ciphers
Encoded messages or zeroes
- encryptionConverting data into code
- codebreakersThose who decipher encrypted messages
- cryptanalysisStudy of breaking ciphers
keys · algorithms · decryption · Enigma · Bletchley Park · Turing · plaintext · ciphertext · substitution · RSA
receivers
Those who accept transmissions
- antennasSignal-receiving apparatus
- tunersFrequency-selecting devices
- digital televisionBinary-encoded broadcast medium
satellite · cable · channels · descrambling · smartcards · subscription · broadcasting · terrestrial · streaming · signal
circuits
Closed electrical paths
converters · amplifiers · transistors · capacitors · signal processing · DAC · codec · firmware · hardware · set-top boxes
parsers
Syntax analysis tools
- interpretersOral language mediators
- compilersPrograms converting source code
- binaryConsisting of two parts
hexadecimal · ASCII · UTF-8 · Base64 · JSON · XML · libraries · APIs · software · algorithms
translators
Language conversion specialists
- interpretersOral language mediators
- readersThose who peruse text
- analystsThose who dissect data
phonetics · phonics · morphology · semantics · syntax · meaning · comprehension · literacy · dyslexia · reading specialists
- codebreakerscodebreaker, codebreakers, cryptanalysts, cryptanalyst, cryptographers
- problem solverstroubleshooters, detectives, investigators, sleuths, debuggers
- model trainsmodel trains, train set, train sets, electric trains, electric train
- telecom equipmentrouters, servers, modems, switches, antennas
- digital electronicslogic gates, logic gate, AND gate, flip-flops, flip-flop
- digital logiclogic gate, logic gates, AND gate, truth tables, truth table
decodersencoders
Signal-to-code converters
coders · encryptors · compressors · scramblers · obfuscators
- decoder ringDevice for substitution ciphers