English Explanatory Dictionary

rollback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
  2. A withdrawal of military forces.
  3. An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
  4. The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
  5. A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically to carry other vehicles, for use in recovery (wrecking, salvage) or for transporting.
  6. 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.
  7. An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
verb
  1. To return to the previous state.
  2. To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rollback.wav

Word forms

rollback rollbacks rollbacking rollbacked

Etymology

The noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despite being redundant to roll back.

Synonyms

reversion revert slide truck tow truck[Appendix:Glossary regime change roll back

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 反轉 /反转 Finnish: paluu German: Rollback Italian: arretramento Italian: retrocessione Japanese: 巻き返し Russian: отка́т Russian: отме́на Russian: возвраще́ние к про́йденной то́чке Spanish: reversión
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