decoding

Plural: decodings

Noun

• the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
• An instance of the translation of something (usually a message or other text) into a form more suitable for subsequent processing.

Verb

• convert code into ordinary language
• present participle and gerund of decode

Synonyms

decipher, decipherment, decode, decrypt, decryption

Antonyms

encode, encoding