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rollback

rollback

2 5.4
Returning a system or database to an earlier state after a problem
  • noun
  • /ˈroʊlˌbæk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : restauración
  • Loving everything else about Windows 8, but the rollback to a generic graphics driver was a bad move in my opinion, as it has left a relatively new (4 months old) laptop unable to run software that it had coped with perfectly well using Windows 7.

And if you happen to be enough of a prat to be working on a live SQL database, you type in rollback.

Examples

  • Same Brain Podcast Special edition, Spring loaded Apple event rollback intro, please.

  • And, and what we saw in the Twitter Files essentially was a long period of rollback, which they achieved through various different means.

  • No, no, we we turn of of testing to see if it was a rollback of neutral thing.

  • It needs a complete rollback, but the cat is out of the bag.

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  • So please enjoy this rollback to a mind blowing episode with Coach George Raveling.

  • Microsoft's guidance that it suggested for fixing the issue for now is to use the new Known Issue Rollback, or IR feature.

  • Never install a newly released application or update the same day unless you are aware of the bug fix, etc., and have a good backup for a quick rollback.

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  • The rollback on the 64-bit doesn't really do the 32-bit version correctly, so you're best to just have a good restore point ready.

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  • Every game has rollback netcode and/or GGPO and is tested to ensure that connections are stable and playable (not just acceptable but actually playable like offline) from coast to coast in America on your typical cable internet connection.

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  • The rollback of the software update restored all previous settings and data accurately.

Synonyms

putback
vsrollback
4.1

The act of returning something to the place where it was

is used in computing to restore systems after a failed update or error

Antonyms

to update
451 2.8

Make something more modern by adding new information or changes

to upgrade
177 3.5

To make something newer or better, for example a phone

How Complete

to restore
219 3.5
rollback
  • Specialized
2 5.4
to undo
102 2.6

Surface Forms

rollback singular
rollbacks plural

Morphology

rollback = roll (transparent) = back + roll

In computing the noun refers to reverting to a previous state and directly reflects the phrasal verb 'roll back'. [Postprocessing: moved 'back' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Rollback comes from roll and back, like rolling a change back to a 'previous state'. In computing a rollback is restoring a system or database to a working, earlier version.