decodingguide
nounUK /diːˈkəʊdɪŋ ɡaɪd/
US /diːˈkoʊdɪŋ ɡaɪd/
A decoding guide is a helper that shows you how to read secret codes.
She used a decoding guide to solve the puzzle in the magazine.
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2. A set of instructions that explains how to turn coded data back into normal text.
The software's decoding guide explained how to read the encrypted messages.
3. A person or tool that helps beginners understand a complicated system.
Think of this manual as a decoding guide for the new computer program.
4. A chart that matches symbols to letters for solving secret messages.
The detective kept a decoding guide in her notebook to crack the spy's notes.