code obfuscation
nounUK /kəʊd ˌɒbfʌsˈkeɪʃən/
US /koʊd ˌɑːbfʌsˈkeɪʃən/
Making computer code hard for people to read while it still works.
The app used code obfuscation so nobody could copy its secret tricks.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of making something confusing or unclear on purpose.
His explanation was pure code obfuscation—nobody understood it.
3. A security step that renames variables and removes comments to protect software.
After code obfuscation, the variable names looked like random letters.
4. A way to shrink file size by replacing long names with short ones.
Code obfuscation made the script smaller and faster to load.