Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb computer science To recreate the original
source code from acompiled executable .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word decompile.
Examples
-
The "Terms of Agreement" that Bob Collins, an employee of MPR, agreed to specifically states that you may not "decompile" this software, yet Collins asks on his blog "Anybody got a good decompiler?"
Let Freedom Ring 2008
-
"decompile" it in order to make their program "interoperable," or simply better.
The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind James Boyle
-
I reflected so much that I was able to decompile my own operating system.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
-
I reflected so much that I was able to decompile my own operating system.
365 tomorrows » Steve Smith : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
-
However, the system can be operated without any source code, owing to its ability to decompile the bytecode methods into a readable and editable version of the original source code only comments and temporary variable names are lost.
the image file, the virtual machine, bytecodes and more Bill Kerr 2007
-
Dennis about the flash decompiling i was going to decompile the Slusho website
CNBC on Cloverfield and the "Overnight" rumor Dennis 2007
-
They are Bright, and Clever, this is not in question, their ability to disseminate, or to decompile Information, nor to take and pass tests, is not either.
-
However, the system can be operated without any source code, owing to its ability to decompile the bytecode methods into a readable and editable version of the original source code only comments and temporary variable names are lost.
Archive 2007-07-01 Bill Kerr 2007
-
It might even turn up a chunk of code I can decompile for a clue about who wrote it.
-
You may not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify or disable any copy protection or use limitation systems associated with the Products.
Boing Boing: December 21, 2003 - December 27, 2003 Archives 2003
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.