Is it something like break open a toy, study the various components inside, then fit them up one by one and then make the toy work again, is reverse engineering something like that ???
Is it something like break open a toy, study the various components inside, then fit them up one by one and then make the toy work again, is reverse engineering something like that ???
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ElHijoDelPilote@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 36d
You not only want to dismantle and make it work again, you rather take it apart in an effort to rebuild it using your own parts. So from a finished product you in the end really understand how it works and can replicate that. Sometimes this requires you to destroy the original product. (Btw: you can also reverse engineer code for example. Not only hardware)
hexagonwin@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 36d
i don't say this often, but you could've literally searched on wikipedia..
MastKalandar@feddit.online · -1 pts · 36d
Does wikipedia offer perspectives ???
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 36d
You're not asking for perspectives. You're asking for facts and definitions.
MastKalandar@feddit.online · -2 pts · 36d
If you can read and understand the entire post, you wouldn't have come to such a conclusion !!
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 36d
It’s figuring out how something works out or is manufactured from the finished product, possibly including dismantling it to do so.
Psaldorn@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 36d
People do it for electronics all the time on YouTube, see bigclive etc