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decoding

[dee-koh-ding] / diˈkoʊ dɪŋ /




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“I’m all about decoding the rhythms of the music,” she adds.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Encoding converts digital data into these pages, while decoding translates them back into usable information.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

In the journal Nature, Microsoft's research arm said Silica was the first glass storage technology that had been demonstrated to be reliable for writing, reading and decoding data.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

It abandoned the hokum that convinced educators that they could teach kids to read through pictures and context clues rather than decoding words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Calder tore it open and began decoding as Petra watched, fascinated.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett