Preferred label

Reverse engineering                

Alternative label

Scope note

The process of replicating the workings of an object based on detailed examination of and investigation into its construction, for example the folding sequence and locking mechanism of a historical letter.

Parent concept

Process        

uh-linked-data/concept/609

Related concept  

The Arts & Architecture ThesaurusⓇ Online, The Getty Research Institute. Concept uri

http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300444006

The Language of Bindings Thesaurus (LoB) Concept uri

Not in LoB

Scope note source reference

Source

Jana Dambrogio, Daniel Starza Smith, and the Unlocking History Research Group. Letterlocking, The Hidden History of the Letter. Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2025.

Unlocking History Concept uri

uh-linked-data/concept/429