reverse-engineered
Taken apart, understood
Reverse-engineered describes something that has been taken apart and analyzed to understand how it was made or how it works.
Engineers reverse-engineer competitors' products to learn their design secrets.
Software gets reverse-engineered to find vulnerabilities or bypass protections.
The term extends beyond technology: She reverse-engineered his recipe by tasting the dish carefully.
Separating into components
- teardownDeliberate structure removal
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
examination · inspection · forensics · debugging · decoding · decompiling · unpacking · probing
Genetically identical organism
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- duplicateExact replica of original
- reproductionCopying or procreation
facsimile · knockoff · counterfeit · imitation · bootleg · copycat · emulation · recreation
Constructed anew
- recreatedMade again, restored
- reproducedMade a copy of
- reassembledMade whole again
- reconstitutedRestored by adding liquid
restored · remade · retrofitted · reworked · redesigned · remodeled · reconditioned · overhauled
Technical drawings of systems
- blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
hardware · microchips · semiconductors · binary · protocols · algorithms · APIs · drivers
Concealed information
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- formulaFixed method or notation
- recipeCooking preparation instructions
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
process · mechanism · technique · design · specification · patent · undocumented · confidential
disassembly
Separating into components
- teardownDeliberate structure removal
- deconstructionAnalysis exposing self-contradiction
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
dissection · examination · inspection · forensics · debugging · decoding · decompiling · unpacking · probing · tracing
clone
Genetically identical organism
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- replicaFaithful scaled reproduction
- duplicateExact replica of original
reproduction · facsimile · knockoff · counterfeit · imitation · bootleg · copycat · emulation · recreation · rebuild
rebuilt
Constructed anew
- recreatedMade again, restored
- reproducedMade a copy of
- reassembledMade whole again
reconstituted · restored · remade · retrofitted · reworked · redesigned · remodeled · reconditioned · overhauled · refabricated
schematics
Technical drawings of systems
- blueprintsTechnical construction drawings
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
- firmwareHardware's permanent programming
software · hardware · microchips · semiconductors · binary · protocols · algorithms · APIs · drivers · encryption
secrets
Concealed information
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- formulaFixed method or notation
- recipeCooking preparation instructions
algorithm · process · mechanism · technique · design · specification · patent · undocumented · confidential
reverse-engineeredpurpose-built
Made for specific function
invented · created · developed · engineered · innovated
reverse, engineer, engineered, engineering, engineers, reversed, reverses, reversing, reversible