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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Comment out

/(kŏm"mĕnt out")/ · Com·ment· out · IPA
01 v. t. To add symbols in the code of a computer program to convert (one or more lines of programming statements) from executable instructions to c…
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    To add symbols in the code of a computer program to convert (one or more lines of programming statements) from executable instructions to comments; used to make program statements inoperable without removing them permanently, such as for temporary testing of alternative methods or to leave the original lines in as explanatory comments.(Computer science)