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Noun decoding has 1 sense

• decoding(n = noun.act) decipherment, decryption - the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption"
is a kind of coding, cryptography, secret writing, steganography
has particulars: decompression
Derived form verb decode₁

THESAURUS

decoding

EDP, accomplishment, allegorization, amplification, answer, ascertainment, bilingual text, bit, channel, clarification, clavis, clearing up, communication explosion, communication theory, cracking, crib, data retrieval, data storage, decipherment, demonstration, demythologization, denouement, determination, disentanglement, editing, electronic data processing, elucidation, emendation, encoding, end, end result, enlightenment, entropy, euhemerism, exegesis, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, faithful translation, finding, finding-out, free translation, gloss, glossary, illumination, illustration, information explosion, information theory, interlinear, interlinear translation, interpretation, issue, key, light, loose translation, metaphrase, noise, outcome, paraphrase, pony, rationale, reason, redundancy, resolution, resolving, restatement, result, rewording, riddling, signal, simplification, solution, solving, sorting out, transcription, translation, transliteration, trot, unlocking, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, working, working-out

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