Reverse engineering
PROCESS BY WHICH A MAN-MADE OBJECT IS DECONSTRUCTED TO REVEAL ITS DESIGNS, ARCHITECTURE, CODE OR TO EXTRACT KNOWLEDGE FROM THE OBJECT
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Reverse engineering (also known as backwards engineering or back engineering) is a process or method through which one attempts to understand through deductive reasoning how a previously made device, process, system, or piece of software accomplishes a task with very little (if any) insight into exactly how it does so. It is essentially the process of opening up or dissecting a system to see how it works, in order to duplicate or enhance it.