📚 noun • entry_id 27625
reverse-engineer
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ingeniero inverso • ingeniero reverso • retroingeniero
A person who reverse-engineers products.
A reverse-engineer can in theory do a variety of things with the information she obtains.
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📚 verb • entry_id 27624
reverse-engineer
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hacer ingeniería inversa • ingenierizar reversamente • realizar retroingeniería
To derive or duplicate the design, technical specifications, manufacturing methods, or functionality of an object by studying an existing product, prototype, etc.
1997, Roy A. Sorensen, "The Metaphysics of Precision and Scientific Language," Noûs, vol. 31, Supplement: Philosophical Perspectives, 11, p. 363, Each creature was viewed as the ar…
In theory, there should be no need to reverse-engineer a patented invention to get information about how to make it because the patent specification should inform the relevant tech…
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