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rem out

rem out verb: to temporarily disable (a portion of source code) by converting it into a comment.

Verb

rem out (third-person singular simple present rems out, present participle remming out, simple past and past participle remmed out)

  1. (dated, transitive) To temporarily disable (a portion of source code) by converting it into a comment.
    • When Windows 98 is installed, it will "REM out" the MSCDEX statement, if there is one, since Windows has its own driver and doesn't need this one.1998, Ralf Kober, Franck Buechel, Markus Baecker, Win 98 RX: Solve Your Own Windows 98 Computing Problems Easily, page 205
    Synonyms:
    comment out

Synonyms of rem out

Forms of rem out

third-person singular presentrems out
present participleremming out
past participleremmed out
pastremmed out

Origin of rem out

From rem (a shortening of remark, used as a comment-marking keyword in some programming languages) + out.

Questions about rem out

What does rem out mean?
Rem out means to temporarily disable (a portion of source code) by converting it into a comment.
What part of speech is rem out?
Rem out is a verb.
What is the past tense of rem out?
The past tense of rem out is remmed out.

Words near rem out in the dictionary

  1. relyed
  2. relying
  3. relying on
  4. relying upon
  5. rem
  6. rem out
  7. REM rebound
  8. REM rebounds
  9. REM sleep
  10. REM sleeps
  11. remacemide

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