rollback
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
rollback (countable and uncountable, plural rollbacks)
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation.
- 2004, Paul Robert Milgrom, Putting Auction Theory to Work (page 19)
- A bidder that knows it may acquire power at a lower price if it withdraws demand early will be more inclined to do so than a bidder that knows it cannot cause a price rollback.
- 2004, Paul Robert Milgrom, Putting Auction Theory to Work (page 19)
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- (informal, mechanics' jargon) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- (US, politics) The policy of totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
Synonyms[edit]
- (form of flatbed truck): slide truck
- (politics): regime change
Antonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a return to a prior state
a withdrawal of military forces
(computing) an operation to return the database to the previous commit point
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Verb[edit]
rollback (third-person singular simple present rollbacks, present participle rollbacking, simple past and past participle rollbacked)
- (transitive, computing) Return to the previous state.
- The server is unstable, we need to rollback the changes.