rem out

English

Etymology

From rem (a shortening of remark, used as a comment-marking keyword in some programming languages) + out.

Verb

rem out (third-person singular simple present rems out, present participle remming out, simple past and past participle remmed out)

1. (programming, dated, transitive) To temporarily disable (a portion of source code) by converting it into a comment.

   Synonym: comment out

   • 1998, Ralf Kober, Franck Buechel, Markus Baecker, Win 98 RX: Solve Your Own Windows 98 Computing Problems Easily, page 205:

     When Windows 98 is installed, it will "REM out" the MSCDEX statement, if there is one, since Windows has its own driver and doesn't need this one.