decoder
noun
de·cod·er
(ˌ)dē-ˈkō-dər 
: one that decodes
especially
: an electronic device that converts signals from one form to another (as for unscrambling a television transmission)
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Can Notre Dame run as much single-high safety without Watts operating as a decoder ring at the back?
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Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Case in point: a training model that can jointly learn an encoder and decoder for a radio transmitter and receiver while encompassing RF components, antennas and data converters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2019
The tokens would be run through various architectural transformers, decoders, encoders, and so on.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Our favorite Gen Alpha decoder and middle school teacher Mr. Lindsay weighs in on what's dominated the past year.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 29 Dec. 2024
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Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Case in point: a training model that can jointly learn an encoder and decoder for a radio transmitter and receiver while encompassing RF components, antennas and data converters.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 June 2019
The tokens would be run through various architectural transformers, decoders, encoders, and so on.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Our favorite Gen Alpha decoder and middle school teacher Mr. Lindsay weighs in on what's dominated the past year.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Decoder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decoder. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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