rollback
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- 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.
- A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
Verb
- To return to the previous state.
- To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so.
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