decodes
Unscrambles secret messages
Decodes is the act of converting coded or encrypted information back into understandable form.
A spy decodes intercepted messages; software decodes compressed files.
More broadly, to decode is to interpret or make sense of something obscure: She decoded his cryptic text message.
The word implies reversing an encoding process, whether technical or figurative.
Explains the meaning of
- analyzesExamines in detail
- understandsMentally grasps meaning
- unravelsSeparates twisted strands
- deciphersInterprets coded messages
meaning · subtext · symbolism · reads · comprehends · infers · context · nuance
Encoded messages or zeroes
- encryptsConverts to cipher
- cracksNarrow surface breaks
- keysLock-operating instruments
- algorithmsFinite instruction sequences
plaintext · cryptanalysis · Enigma · RSA · substitution · transposition · Bletchley · codebreaker
Squeezes into less space
- streamsContinuous flows of something
- codecData compression algorithm
- MPEGAudiovisual compression protocol
- binaryConsisting of two parts
pixels · bitrate · transcodes · buffer · playback · H.264 · audio · video
Hereditary code molecule
- RNAGene expression molecule
- sequencesOrdered sets of elements
- proteinsAmino acid polymers
- ribosomesCellular translation machinery
codons · amino · transcription · translation · nucleotides · mRNA · genes · bases
interprets
Explains the meaning of
- analyzesExamines in detail
- understandsMentally grasps meaning
- unravelsSeparates twisted strands
deciphers · meaning · subtext · symbolism · reads · comprehends · infers · context · nuance · body language
ciphers
Encoded messages or zeroes
algorithms · plaintext · cryptanalysis · Enigma · RSA · substitution · transposition · Bletchley · codebreaker · frequency
compresses
Squeezes into less space
- streamsContinuous flows of something
- codecData compression algorithm
- MPEGAudiovisual compression protocol
binary · pixels · bitrate · transcodes · buffer · playback · H.264 · audio · video · formats
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
ribosomes · codons · amino · transcription · translation · nucleotides · mRNA · genes · bases · synthesis