This document discusses decoders, which are circuits that take a binary input and activate one of multiple outputs. It provides examples of 2-to-4 and 3-to-8 decoders and their truth tables. Decoders are constructed using AND gates, with the number of gates equal to the number of outputs. Larger decoders can be built in parallel, balanced, or tree configurations, with balanced decoders requiring the fewest components.