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💧 To add water 💻 To restore data
to rehydrate

to rehydrate

6.5
To load saved data into a program so it returns to the way it was before
  • verb
  • /ˌriːhaɪˈdreɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : rehidratar
  • The software can rehydrate saved data from the cloud backup whenever needed.

Examples

  • To retrieve lost information, the engineer worked to rehydrate the database using the latest saved files.

  • Get into the test facility, rehydrate our cars, and find a way to go faster than Rev.

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  • We rehydrate our cars.

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  • While you could use this approach with the LINQ to SQL DataContext, a better approach would be to release the context at the end of each request and use the Attach() feature when a user later posts back and you want to rehydrate the entity from the view.

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  • You need to rehydrate the stored settings in memory to restore the application to its previous state.

Synonyms

to restore
vsto rehydrate
219 3.5

Return something like a painting or building to its original working condition

is a computing action that loads saved serialized data into memory to recover state

Antonyms

to forget
  • Specialized
20 4.1

Remove saved passwords or network names so the device no longer remembers them

How Complete

to restore
219 3.5
to rehydrate
  • Specialized
6.5
to load
  • Specialized
140 3.9

Surface Forms

rehydrate infinitive
rehydrated past
rehydrated past participle
rehydrating present participle
rehydrates third person singular

Morphology

rehydrate = hydrate (semi-transparent) = re + hydrate

The computing sense is a technical metaphorical extension of 'rehydrate' (restore/fill state), which is clear to programmers but less obvious to general learners.

Etymology

Rehydrate uses the same parts, re- 'again' and hydrate 'water', but in computing it is a helpful picture. It means to 'add water back' to a program by loading saved data into memory so the program works again like before.