English - Turkish
Definition of reverse-engineer in English Turkish dictionary
- tersine mühendislik
- tersine mühendislik
English - English
Definition of reverse-engineer in English English dictionary
- To derive or duplicate the design, technical specifications, manufacturing methods, or functionality of an object by studying an existing product, prototype, etc
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 technical community of how to make the invention.
- A person whose job is to reverse-engineer products
A reverse-engineer can in theory do a variety of things with the information she obtains.
- To ascertain the functional basis of something by taking it apart and studying how it works