Definition of "reimplement"

A rough estimate of effort required to redesign and reimplement all of the software suggests that it will take longer than two years.

1999, Hofmeister et al, Applied Software Architecture

So we've shown that it's feasible to understand regions of the human brain and nervous system and reimplement those regions with conventional electronics.

2003, John Brockman, The New Humanists: Science at the Edge