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obfuscation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Obfuscation \Ob`fus*ca"tion\ ([o^]b`f[u^]s*k[=a]"sh[u^]n), n.
The act of darkening or bewildering; the state of being
darkened. ``Obfuscation of the cornea.''
--E. Darwin.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., originally medical, "the darkening of a sore," from Latin obfuscationem (nominative obfuscatio), noun of action from past participle stem of obfuscare (see obfuscate).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The act or process of obfuscate, or obscure#verb the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret. 2 (context uncountable English) confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information. 3 (context countable English) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp. 4 (context computing uncountable English) The option to alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
WordNet
n. confusion resulting from failure to understand [syn: bewilderment, puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement]
the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered [syn: mystification]
darkening or obscuring the sight of something
Wikipedia
In software development, manual obfuscation is the deliberate act of creating obfuscated code, i.e. source or machine code that is difficult for humans to understand. Like obfuscation in natural language, it may use needlessly roundabout expressions to compose statements. Programmers may deliberately obfuscate code to conceal its purpose ( security through obscurity) or its logic, in order to prevent tampering, deter reverse engineering, or as a puzzle or recreational challenge for someone reading the source code.
In addition, tools known as obfuscators can provide automated obfuscation to compiled applications that make reverse engineering more difficult for people and machines but do not alter the behavior of the obfuscated application.
Obfuscation is the obscuring of intended meaning in communication, making the message confusing, willfully ambiguous, or harder to understand. It may be intentional or unintentional (although the former is usually connoted) and may result from circumlocution (yielding wordiness) or from use of jargon or even argot (yielding economy of words but excluding outsiders from the communicative value). Unintended obfuscation in expository writing is usually a natural trait of early drafts in the writing process, when the composition is not yet advanced, and it can be improved with critical thinking and revising, either by the writer or by another person with sufficient reading comprehension and editing skills.
The name comes from Latin obfuscatio, from obfuscāre ("to darken"). Obfustication is a common variant of the name, especially in British English. Synonyms include beclouding and abstrusity. Obscurantism is intentional obscurity, whether by withholding communication, obfuscating it, or both.
"Obfuscation" is a song by Between the Buried and Me. The song was released as the first single from their fifth album The Great Misdirect. "Obfuscation" appears as the second track on the album, directly following up from the previous track, "Mirrors" and even features occasional time signature-followings as well as lyrics that are reflected in "Mirrors".
"Obfuscation" is featured as downloadable content for Rock Band, via the Rock Band Network and appears in Saints Row: The Third on fictional radio station The Blood 106.66.
Usage examples of "obfuscation".
That might lead to a great deal of obfuscation in many cases, but it would accomplish two things.
He produced another form, an Instant Action Chit, which stated that no excuses would be tolerated in the paying of this demand, and that any obfuscation on the part of the requisite clerk would be met with Pecuniary Punishment, viz.
When they complained that issues were seldom discussed, that the debate got too personal, that in the end a fog of obfuscation was thrown over everything, they were missing the point: An election is an art form.
Thus the soul of the most powerful city on the planet had at its core a profound obfuscation and confusion.
There were the things Moriarty had said to me, full of hints and obfuscations but rich in material.
I could not understand nor tolerate this smug secret thing which, through screens and obfuscations, played meadow doctor to the world and cured field beasts.
There were the things Moriarty had said to me, full of hints and obfuscations but rich in material.
Never mind the hedgings and fudgings, never mind the scholarly obfuscations.
What I did was prey on their weakness for obfuscation and self-indulgence.