Redaction vs Obfuscation - What's the difference?
redaction | obfuscation |
(countable) Edited or censored version of a document.
(countable) The change or changes made while editing.
(uncountable) The process of editing or censoring.
(uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating]], or [[obscure#verb, obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
(uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
(countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.
(computing, uncountable) The option to alter computer code, preserving its behavior but concealing its structure and intent.
In countable terms the difference between redaction and obfuscation
is that redaction is the change or changes made while editing while obfuscation is a single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.In uncountable terms the difference between redaction and obfuscation
is that redaction is the process of editing or censoring while obfuscation is confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.redaction
English
Noun
- The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters, the original was kept secret.
- The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act.
See also
* recensionExternal links
* * *obfuscation
English
(wikipedia obfuscation)Noun
- During the debate, the candidate sighed at his opponent's obfuscations .
- You need to turn on obfuscation for these classes.