Decoder may refer to:
Technology
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Audio decoder converts digital audio to analog form
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Binary decoder, digital circuits such as 1-of-N and seven-segment decoders
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Decompress (compression decoder), converts compressed data (e.g., audio/video/images) to an uncompressed form
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Instruction decoder
A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, an ...
, an electronic circuit that converts computer instructions into CPU control signals
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Quadrature decoder
An incremental encoder is a linear or rotary electromechanical device that has two output signals, ''A'' and ''B'', which issue pulses when the device is moved. Together, the ''A'' and ''B'' signals indicate both the occurrence of and direction o ...
, converts signals from an incremental encoder into counter control signals
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Video decoder, converts base-band analog video to digital form
Music
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Decoder (band), a defunct post-hardcore band that was briefly named ''Lead Hands''
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Decoder (duo), a drum and bass duo
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''Decoder'' (album)
Other uses
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''Decoder'' (film), a 1984 West German film
See also
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Decoding methods
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Code (disambiguation)
A code is a rule for converting a piece of information into another object or action, not necessarily of the same sort.
Code may also refer to:
Computing
* Code (metadata), data elements whose allowable values can be represented as enumerate ...
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Recode (disambiguation)
''Recode'' is a technology news website.
Recode or recoding may also refer to:
* Recode (database), a biological database
* Recode, an act or product of transcoding a digital bitstream
* Recoding (biology), the process of genetic translation
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