Comment out /(kŏm"mĕnt out")/

Com·ment· out

Comment out

v. t.
  1. 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)