The ReverseAndReengineeringTaxonomy defines reverse engineering as:

The process of analyzing a subject system with two goals in mind:

  1. to identify the system's components and their interrelationships; and,
  2. to create representations of the system in another form or at a higher level of abstraction.

Observe that reverse engineering is a process of examination only: the software system under consideration is not modified (which would make it ReEngineering).


Reverse engineering resources include:
Reverse engineering topics covered on this wiki include:
And for the lighter side...


CategoryReverseEngineering | Contributions by ArieVanDeursen

Revision: r1.18 - 08 Dec 2002 - 12:13 - ArieVanDeursen
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