optimistic
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- 1Feeling hopeful that good things will happen.
Like seeing a glass as half full instead of half empty.
She felt optimistic about her chances of passing the test.
He stayed optimistic even when the weather looked bad for the trip.
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- 2Letting several programs use the same data at once, and checking for problems only when changes are saved.
Like several people writing in one notebook and only checking at the end whether they wrote over each other.
The database uses an optimistic system that almost never locks the files.
Our app takes an optimistic approach, so two people can edit the same note together.
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Origin
From the word "optimist" plus the ending "-ic".