rem out

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rem out

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

verb rems out · remming out · remmed out

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.
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@misc{rem_out_2026,
  title = {rem out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rem%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}