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rollback

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɹoʊɫˌbæk// UK //ɹˈəʊlbæk// roll·back Informal Aviation Computing DevOps
Definition

n. a return to an earlier state or a lower price. You use this when a company lowers prices or when a computer system goes back to an older version because of a problem.

n. the process of restoring a system, database, or policy to a previous state. Often refers to the reversal of a software update or the reduction of prices to a former level.


SIMPLE

The store announced a rollback on milk prices.

CONTEXTUAL

After the new software caused several crashes, the IT department initiated a system rollback to the previous stable version.

COMPLEX

Environmental groups expressed concern that the proposed legislative rollback would undo decades of progress in protecting local water quality and wildlife habitats.

Origin

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

Usage

Commonly used in computing to describe data recovery and in retail to describe price reductions.

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