Decompile

/ˌdiːkəmˈpaɪl/ verb

Definition

To convert compiled code (like a program) back into a more readable source code format.

Etymology

From de- (reverse) + compile (to convert source code into machine code). Created in computing during the 1970s as reverse-engineering became important.

Kelly Says

Decompiling is a cat-and-mouse game in software security—hackers decompile programs to find vulnerabilities, while programmers use obfuscation to make decompiled code harder to understand.

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