descrambler
Unscrambles encrypted transmissions
A descrambler is a device or software that restores scrambled signals to their original intelligible form.
Cable and satellite companies scramble their broadcasts to prevent unauthorized viewing, and descramblers—whether legitimately provided by the service or obtained illicitly—decode these signals for display on a television.
The term extends to any technology that reverses deliberate signal distortion, including radio communications and digital data streams.
Device that unscrambles signals
- converterDevice that transforms input
- boxLidded storage container
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
cable · television · signal · analog · digital · demodulator · circuitry · hardware
Hidden writing system
- codebreakerOne who deciphers ciphers
- cryptanalysisStudy of breaking ciphers
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
- plaintextUnencoded readable information
key · unlock · reveal · translate · decode · algorithm · encryption · cryptography
Message-conveying cue
- channelPassage for transmission
- premiumAdded cost for better
- pay-per-viewCharged-admission television content
- subscriptionPaid recurring access
transmission · frequency · receiver · transmitter · aerial · airwave · cable · satellite
decoder
Device that unscrambles signals
- converterDevice that transforms input
- boxLidded storage container
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
satellite · cable · television · signal · analog · digital · demodulator · circuitry · hardware · filter
cipher
Hidden writing system
- codebreakerOne who deciphers ciphers
- cryptanalysisStudy of breaking ciphers
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
plaintext · key · unlock · reveal · translate · decode · algorithm · encryption · cryptography · codebreaking
signal
Message-conveying cue
- channelPassage for transmission
- premiumAdded cost for better
- pay-per-viewCharged-admission television content
subscription · transmission · frequency · receiver · transmitter · aerial · airwave · cable · satellite · piracy
anagram
Reshuffled letter word
- cryptogramCoded message puzzle
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- lettersAlphabetic characters or mail
rearrange · solution · wordplay · solver · game · brainteaser · crossword
- satellite TVsatellite dish, satellite signal, dish antenna, DirecTV, Dish Network
- decodersdecoder ring, codec, cipher machine, Enigma machine, code reader
- cable TVESPN, CNN, cable TV, cable box, HBO
- cable boxesset-top box, DVR, receiver, decoder, converter
descramble, descrambles, descrambled, descrambling, descramblers