reverse engineering

See also: reverse-engineering

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

reverse engineering (uncountable)

1. The process of analyzing the construction and operation of a product in order to manufacture a similar one.
   1. (computing) Such analysis of an executable or other system in order to recreate its workings.

Synonyms

• back engineering

Related terms

• reverse-engineer

Translations

analyzing the construction and operation of a product in order to manufacture a similar one

• Afrikaans: afkykontwerp
• Arabic: هَنْدَسَة عَكْسِيَّة f (handasa ʕaksiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逆向工程 (nìxiàng gōngchéng), 反向工程 (fǎnxiàng gōngchéng)

• Dutch: reverse engineeren
• Finnish: takaisinmallinnus (fi)
• French: rétro-ingénierie (fr) f
• Georgian: რევერსიული ინჟინერია (reversiuli inžineria)
• German: Reverse Engineering n, Reverse-Engineering n, Nachkonstruktion f, Nachbauen n, Nachbau (de) m
• Greek: ανάστροφη μηχανίκευση f (anástrofi michaníkefsi)
• Hebrew: הנדסה הפוכה (he)
• Indonesian: rekayasa balik, rekayasa mundur
• Irish: ais-innealtóireacht f
• Italian: ingegneria inversa f, deingegnerizzazione f
• Japanese: リバースエンジニアリング (ribāsuenjiniaringu)
• Kannada: ತಂತ್ರಜ್ಞಾನದ ಮೂಲತತ್ವದ ಆವಿಷ್ಕಾ (tantrajñānada mūlatatvada āviṣkā)
• Kazakh: кері инжиниринг (keri ıynjıynıyrıyng)
• Korean: 리버스 엔지니어링 (ribeoseu enjinieoring)
• Malayalam: റിവേഴ്സ്‌ എഞ്ചിനീയറിംഗ് (ṟivēḻs‌ eñcinīyaṟiṅg‌)
• Persian: مهندسی معکوس
• Polish: inżynieria wsteczna f
• Portuguese: engenharia reversa f
• Romanian: inginerie inversă
• Russian: обра́тная разрабо́тка f (obrátnaja razrabótka), обра́тный инжини́ринг m (obrátnyj inžiníring), реверс-инжини́ринг m (revers-inžiníring)
• Spanish: ingeniería inversa f, retroingeniería (es) f, ingeniería reversa f
• Tamil: பின்னோக்குப் பொறியியல் (piṉṉōkkup poṟiyiyal)
• Thai: วิศวกรรมผันกลับ (wít-sà-gam-má-păn-glàp)
• Vietnamese: kỹ nghệ đảo ngược (技藝倒逆)

analysis of computer system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逆向工程 (nìxiàng gōngchéng), 反向工程 (fǎnxiàng gōngchéng)

• Finnish: takaisinmallinnus (fi), reversaus (slang)
• German: Nachkonstruktion f, Nachbau (de) m
• Polish: inżynieria wsteczna f
• Portuguese: engenharia reversa f
• Spanish: ingeniería inversa f, retroingeniería (es) f, ingeniería reversa f

Verb

reverse engineering

1. present participle and gerund of reverse engineer

See also

• reengineering
• retrosynthesis (organic chemistry)