Noun: obfuscation ,ób-fús'key-shun
- The act of making something unclear, obscure, or difficult to understand
"The lawyer's obfuscation of the contract terms confused the clients"
- Darkening or obscuring the sight of something
"The lawyer's obfuscation of the facts confused the jury"
- (computing) the deliberate act of making source code harder to understand, typically to prevent reverse engineering
"The developers used obfuscation to protect their proprietary algorithms"
Derived forms: obfuscations
Type of: blackening, darkening
Encyclopedia: Obfuscation