Rewrite Explained

Rewrite and rewriting may refer to:

• Script doctoring, revisions to an existing script for stage and screen productions
• Rewriting, methods for replacing elements of a formula with other suitable expressions, in mathematics, computer science, and logic, such as:
  • Graph rewriting, technique of creating a new graph out of an original graph algorithmically
  • Sender Rewriting Scheme, a scheme for rewriting the envelope sender address of an email message
  • String rewriting, a rewriting system over strings from an alphabet
• Rewrite (programming), the act or result of writing new source code to replace an existing computer program
• Rewrite man, a journalist that crafts stories based on information reported by others
• "Rewrite" (song), 2004 single by Asian Kung-Fu Generation
• Rewrite (video game), a 2011 Japanese visual novel by Key
• The Rewrite, a 2014 American romantic comedy film

See also

• Tax Law Rewrite Project, a major effort to re-write the entire tax legislation of the United Kingdom
• Blackwhite, or Rewriting the past, according to George Orwell's 1984
• Rewrite engine, webserver component that performs rewriting on URLs
• Rewrite history, the re-interpretation of a historical account