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reinstallation

reinstallation

1 4.1
To put software back on a computer or device after removal
  • noun
  • /ˌriːɪnˈstɔːlˌeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reinstalación
  • The technician assisted me with the reinstallation of the operating system after my laptop crashed.

Examples

  • Before using the software again, I had to complete the reinstallation of the application on my computer.

  • After years of studies—determining how to proceed in terms of both engineering and archaeology—a steel tower and crane were set up for the reinstallation.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Reinstallation is planned for 2008.

    Academic text (2007)
  • This process will continue for one year, and the results will inform the reinstallation of the entire African gallery in spring 2001.

    Academic text (2000)
  • I know people with 5-year-old Arch systems with not one reinstallation.

    Blog text (2)
  • The Reinstallation of the African Collection in the Louis Kahn Building at Yale University.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Toolbar, reinstallation will accomplish the messages of the inspection and send it to better inform the doctor.

    Blog text (13)
  • The rootkit, called SubVirt, can survive hard disk replacement and OS reinstallation.

    Blog text (22)
  • The planned 2008 reinstallation of the African galleries and collection catalogue will take the philosophy the de Menils developed about art through their wide-ranging projects as a starting point.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The Russian side also stressed the importance of the reinstallation of international monitoring over Iraqi military programs, which were forbidden after the Second Gulf War, and the need for its full cooperation with the new organ of supervision: the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC).

    Academic text (2001)

Antonyms

106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

How Restored

restoration
98 3.4
to recommission
  • Specialized
1 6.6
reinstallation
  • Specialized
1 4.1
installation
61 3.5
placement
62 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

reinstallation = reinstall (transparent) = re + install + ation

This is a regular noun formation from the verb 'reinstall' meaning the act or process of reinstalling.

Etymology

Reinstallation comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the verb install meaning 'to put in place'. So a reinstallation is the act of putting software or equipment back where it belongs, in other words installing it again.