reverse engineer
reverse engineer
verbDefinition of REVERSE ENGINEER
transitive verb
: to disassemble and examine or analyze in detail (as a product or device) to discover the concepts involved in manufacture usually in order to produce something similar
— reverse engineering noun
See Examples of REVERSE ENGINEER
- They reverse engineered the software.
First Known Use of REVERSE ENGINEER
1973
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