Multiplexer vs. Decoder

Multiplexernoun

A device that interleaves several activities; a switching device.

Multiplexernoun

A device that combines several input signals into a single output signal.

Multiplexernoun

a device that can interleave two or more activities

Multiplexer

In electronics, a multiplexer (or mux; spelled sometimes as multiplexor), also known as a data selector, is a device that selects between several analog or digital input signals and forwards the selected input to a single output line. The selection is directed by a separate set of digital inputs known as select lines.

Decodernoun

A person who decodes secret messages

Decodernoun

A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal

Decodernoun

the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text

Decodernoun

a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language