obfuscation

English

Etymology

From Latin obfuscationem (15th century), from obfuscāre (“to darken”), from ob (“over”) + fuscāre (“to make dark”), from fuscus (“dark”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

obfuscation (countable and uncountable, plural obfuscations)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
   1. (computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.

      You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.

2. (uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
3. (countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.

   During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations.

Related terms

• obfuscate
• obfuscatory

Translations

act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something

• German: Verdunkelung f, Vernebelung f
• Greek: συσκότιση (el) f (syskótisi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: ofuscamento (pt) m
• Turkish: gizleme (tr), perde çekme

confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated

• German: Verdunkelung f, Vernebelung f
• Greek: συσκότιση (el) f (syskótisi), σύγχυση (el) f (sýnchysi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: ofuscamento (pt) m
• Turkish: şaşırtma (tr)

intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp

• German: Vernebelung f
• Greek: θόλωση (el) f (thólosi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: ofuscamento (pt) m
• Turkish: perde çekme, şaşırtma (tr)

alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent

• German: Entstellung f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.fys.ka.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

obfuscation f (plural obfuscations)

1. (programming) obfuscation