scrambler

Definitions

General Science

• noun a device that codes a data stream into a pseudorandom form before transmission to eliminate any combination of ones, zeros or alternate ones and zeros that would cause synchronisation problems at the receiver

Computing

• noun a device that encodes a data stream into a pseudo-random form before transmission to eliminate any series of ones or zeros or alternate ones and zeros that would cause synchronisation problems at the receiver

Electronics

• A circuit or device utilized for encoding a scrambled signal. Such a circuit or device, for instance, may divide the audio-frequency spectrum into bands which are displaced prior to transmission, and placed in their proper order by the receiving device. Also called speech scrambler, speech inverter, or voice scrambler.
• synonymspeech inverter

Media Studies

• noun an electronic device that makes telecommunications or broadcast signals unintelligible without a special receiver

Sports

• noun a motorcycle designed for racing across rough terrain

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Contexts for “scrambler”

6 definitions in context
• General Science
• Computing
• Electronics
• Media Studies
• Sports