Definition of "decompile" [decompile]

• To recreate the original source code from a compiled executable. (verb)

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• "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?""
• ""decompile" it in order to make their program "interoperable," or simply better."
• "I reflected so much that I was able to decompile my own operating system."