Definition of "obfuscator" [obfuscator]

• Agent noun of obfuscate; one who obfuscates. (noun)
• A software program that modifies another program to make it harder to decompile or reverse-engineer. (noun)

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• "My vacuum cleaner hose doubles as a microphone and a more melodic password obfuscator has rarely been heard!"
• "The output of the obfuscator is another set of assemblies, functionally equivalent to the input assemblies, yet transformed in ways that hinder reverse engineering."
• "As I'm sure you know this, given the fact that you explicitly use the word "obfuscator", but manipulation of client-side code provides no real security value beyond prevention of casual theft and reuse of code."