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Decoder vs Demultiplexer - What's the difference?

decoder | demultiplexer |

As a verb decoder

is to decode.

As a noun demultiplexer is

(computing|electronics) a device or piece of software used to separate signals that were previously combined using a multiplexer.

decoder

English

Noun

(wikipedia decoder) (en noun)
  • A person who decodes secret messages
  • A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal

    • See also

    * coder

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    demultiplexer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, electronics) A device or piece of software used to separate signals that were previously combined using a multiplexer.