Obfuscation refers to the practice of deliberately making something unclear, confusing, or difficult to understand. It is commonly employed in various fields, including computer programming, cryptography, and legal documentation. The main purpose of obfuscation is to conceal the true meaning, intent, or inner workings of something to prevent unauthorized access, reverse engineering, or analysis. 

obfuscation techniques are used to make the source code of a software application more difficult to comprehend. This can be done by using code transformations, such as renaming variables and functions to meaningless names, adding redundant or misleading code, or applying various algorithms to alter the structure and logic of the program. The goal is to make the code harder to reverse engineer, which can help protect intellectual property and deter unauthorized modification or tampering.