Definitions for "Decoded"
Usually refers to a decoded or decoding barcode scanner. In the old days, scanners transmitted data called raw count data which is simply a list of the amounts of time spent on each bar and space in a barcode. It was then up to another device called a reader or decoder to translate the raw count data into something meaningful such as ASCII data. The decoder would then transmit the data to a host computer. Today, scanners can decode the raw count data into ASCII or Keycode data and transmit it straight to the host computer.
Describes a file recreated in binary format that has been encoded or translated from binary to ASCII or text format. Binary files that are sent as attachments to email have to be encoded (translated from binary to ASCII) before they are sent and decoded (translated from ASCII to binary) when they are received before they can be used.