Sekirov Dictionary

reverse-engineer

verb 2
noun 1
forms 5

verb2

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To derive or duplicate the design, technical specifications, manufacturing methods, or functionality of an object by studying an existing product, prototype, etc.
- Each creature was viewed as the artifact of a divine blueprint. The role of the biologist was to reverse engineer God's handiwork. — 1997
•
To create or modify an implementation to better conform to a desired goal.
- Typically, you complete some design, some implementation, some testing, come up with some good ideas which you implement, and then reverse-engineer your implementation into an improved design. — 2003

noun1

•
A person who reverse-engineers products.
- A reverse-engineer can in theory do a variety of things with the information she obtains. — 1998

forms

reverse engineered · reverse-engineered · reverse-engineering · reverse engineers · reverse-engineers

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