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For non-Germans who wonder about the name: It’s a combination of the prefix "zer" [0] "denoting an aspect of dissolvement and asunderness" (similar to English "

For non-Germans who wonder about the name: It’s a combination of the prefix "zer" [0] "denoting an aspect of dissolvement and asunderness" (similar to English "dis" solve - dissolve) and Forschung (Research). [0]: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zer- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zer-

zufallsheld 5y ago
AFAIK they searched for a German word for reverse engineering and came up with zerforschung.
- Semaphor 5y ago
  Doesn’t really work, but sounds a lot cooler than Rückwärtsforschung ;)
  - LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
    Of course it works. Extreme reversing by 'Zerlegung' in all its constituent parts by whichever means (not necessarily 'zerstörungsfrei') for the purpose of 'Forschung'.