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decode

(dē-kōd')

tr.v., -cod·ed, -cod·ing, -codes.

To convert from code into plain text.
To convert from a scrambled electronic signal into an interpretable one.
To extract the underlying meaning from: decode a complex literary text.

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Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: decode

(1) To convert coded data back into its original form. Contrast with encode.

(2) Same as decrypt. See cryptography.

WordNet: decode

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: convert code into ordinary language
Synonyms: decrypt, decipher
Antonym: encode (meaning #1)

Wikipedia: DECODE

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DECODE is a single-row function in Oracle, which applies conditional logic to SQL queries. This function works very much like an IF-THEN-ELSE statement.

Syntax:

  DECODE (expression1, 
                        value1, return_value1,
                        value2, return_value2,
                       ...
                        valueN, return_valueN,
          [default_return_value])

How it works

If expression1 equals value1 then return_value1 is returned by DECODE function, and if expression1 equals value2 then return_value2 is returned and so on…..

The optional default_return_value is returned if expression1 does not match with any of (value1, value2, ..., valueN).

In short

IF expression1 = valueN   THEN return_valueN  ELSE default_return_value

Example:

 DECODE (day_id, 
                '1', 'Monday',
                '2', 'Tuesday',
                 ....
                '7', 'Sunday',
                     'Not Valid')

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Translations: Translations for: Decode

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afkode, tyde
n. - afkodet besked

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontcijferen, (een betekenis) leren te begrijpen

Français (French)
v. tr. - décoder, déchiffrer, traduire en clair, (Comput, Ling) décoder, (fig) comprendre, expliquer
n. - décodage

Deutsch (German)
v. - dekodieren, dechiffrieren, entschlüsseln
n. - entschlüsselter Code

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποκωδικογραφώ, αποκρυπτογραφώ

Italiano (Italian)
decodificare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - decifrar

Русский (Russian)
расшифровывать, декодировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - descifrar, descodificar
n. - descifrador, descodificador

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dechiffrera, avkoda

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
解码, 译解, 译码器

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 解碼, 譯解
n. - 解碼器

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (암호 등을) 해독하다
n. - 암호 해독

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 翻訳する, 復号する, 暗号を翻訳する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحل رموز شيفرة, يترجم رموز شئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פיענח צופן‬
n. - ‮מסר מוצפן שעבר פענוח‬

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