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- verb computer science  To recreate the original 
source code from acompiled executable . 
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Examples
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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?"
Let Freedom Ring 2008
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"decompile" it in order to make their program "interoperable," or simply better.
The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind James Boyle
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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
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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
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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
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Dennis about the flash decompiling i was going to decompile the Slusho website
CNBC on Cloverfield and the "Overnight" rumor Dennis 2007
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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.
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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
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It might even turn up a chunk of code I can decompile for a clue about who wrote it.
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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
 
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