Dictionary.com defines it as:
The process of analysing an existing
system to identify its components and their interrelationships
and create representations of the system in another form or at
a higher level of abstraction. Reverse engineering is usually
undertaken in order to redesign the system for better
maintainability or to produce a copy of a system without
access to the design from which it was originally produced
The process of analysing an existing
system to identify its components and their interrelationships
and create representations of the system in another form or at
a higher level of abstraction. Reverse engineering is usually
undertaken in order to redesign the system for better
maintainability or to produce a copy of a system without
access to the design from which it was originally produced
Bill Gates reverse engineered the Macintosh 1986 OS to create windows '95. < that is an example of reverse engineering
by MistahTom April 19, 2006
A method of building, desinging or inventing in which anything, no matter how unprofessional or non-aesthetically pleasing, is done to complete the project.
That guy just used popsicle sticks and bubble gum to repair his exhaust pipe. He's a master of ghetto engineering.
by Anonymous August 06, 2004
Business major: "What do you major in bro?"
MechE major: (in a deep booming manly voice)"Mechanical engineering."
Business major: *shits his pants out of awe and fear*
MechE major: (in a deep booming manly voice)"Mechanical engineering."
Business major: *shits his pants out of awe and fear*
by FYAM April 15, 2009
Engineering accomplished, usually incorrectly, by walking in the vicinity of a project, and attempting to point out how it could be better or how it is wrong.
The drive by engineer is usually in a position of authority and has failed to consider all of the relevant facts before making his or her incorrect claims. The victim of the drive by engineering is then forced to spend several hours justifying the design to the superior.
The drive by engineer is usually in a position of authority and has failed to consider all of the relevant facts before making his or her incorrect claims. The victim of the drive by engineering is then forced to spend several hours justifying the design to the superior.
by Joe Louis April 25, 2007
by Eddy April 07, 2005
A person with substantial skills in imaginary mathematics and the ability to use these unreal numbers to come up with an answer that applies only some of the time.
Also: A person whose ship is so far past the point of entry that the only hope is to crash through the rocks to the other side.
Also: A person whose ship is so far past the point of entry that the only hope is to crash through the rocks to the other side.
by e^(j * pi) = -1 November 19, 2003
by Timmah December 26, 2003