(communications) A device that generates a code by generating pulses having varying lengths or spacings, as required for radio beacons and interrogators. Also known as moder; pulse coder; pulse-duration coder.
(computer science) A person who translates a sequence of computer instructions into codes acceptable to the machine.

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