Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defactor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-fac-tor
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To modify source code to remove design patterns and structure, for example to make it harder to reverse-engineer.

Example Sentences

"One of my favorite transformations is to use threads to confuse a hacker who is trying to steal code. […] Many of the transformations I've discussed go against the programmer's natural sense of what's good and right […] You also don't have to defactor (see the section "Removing Programming Idioms") if you don't want to; you can refactor too. Refactor two similar classes into a parent class, but leave behind a buggy version of one or more of the refactored classes."

Etymology

de- + factor, modelled on earlier refactor.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Inflected Forms

defactors (present, singular) defactoring (participle, present) defactored (participle, past) defactored (past)

Questions

What does defactor mean?: To modify source code to remove design patterns and structure, for example to make it harder to reverse-engineer.
Where does defactor come from?: de- + factor, modelled on earlier refactor.

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