Glossary Entry: Dummy out

All software is made from a series of instructions that tell the computer what to do. If they want the computer to ignore some instructions, programmers can "turn off" those parts without removing them. This is known as dummying out part of the code.

There are several ways to dummy out code, and some of them retain the disabled parts within the finished program. This has led to some major scandals when hobbyists figured out how to re-activate them.