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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>reinvent the wheel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="reincarnation--cycle-of.html" title="reincarnation, cycle of"/><link rel="next" href="relay-rape.html" title="relay rape"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">reinvent the wheel</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="reincarnation--cycle-of.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="relay-rape.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="reinvent-the-wheel"/><dt xmlns="" id="reinvent-the-wheel"><b>reinvent the wheel</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">v.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To design or implement a tool equivalent to an existing one or part
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of one, with the implication that doing so is silly or a waste of time.
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This is often a valid criticism. On the other hand, automobiles don't use
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wooden rollers, and some kinds of wheel have to be reinvented many times
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before you get them right. On the third hand, people reinventing the wheel
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do tend to come up with the moral equivalent of a trapezoid with an offset
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