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# Intro

The definition for Reverse Engineering is:

> Reverse engineering, also called backwards engineering or back engineering, is the process by which an artificial object is deconstructed to reveal its designs, architecture, code, or to extract knowledge from the object. It is similar to scientific research, the only difference being that scientific research is conducted into a natural phenomenon.

Before you start reading the upcoming pages for this topic, make sur you are familiar with the following:

1. [COMPUTER CONCEPTS](/notes/computer-concepts/file-systems.md)
2. [Assembly 8086 (16-bit)](/notes/programming/assembly/assembly-8086.md)
3. *And maybe C if you want to understand everything*

The last step is not a must because i don't know C, but i can understand most of it because i know other programming languages like java and a lot of commands and concepts overlap.


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