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DECODING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
Example:
a secret key or password is required for decryption
Synonyms:
decipherment; decoding; decryption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("decoding" is a kind of...):
coding; cryptography; secret writing; steganography (act of writing in code or cipher)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decoding"):
decompression (restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display)
Derivation:
decode (convert code into ordinary language)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb decode