decoding

1. 1.

   the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text

   “a secret key or password is required for decryption”

   Synonymsdecryptiondecipherment

   Broadercryptography

   Narrowerdecompression

Other forms of decoding

plural

decodings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about decoding

What does decoding mean?

decoding means "the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text".

How many syllables are in decoding?

decoding has 3 syllables: de-co-ding. The stress falls on "co". In IPA it is /dɪˈkoʊdɪŋ/.

What is another word for decoding?

Close synonyms include decryption, decipherment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is decoding a common word?

decoding is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with decoding?

2 words rhyme with decoding. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.