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rollover

n.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɹoʊˌɫoʊvɝ// UK //ɹˈəʊləʊvɐ// rollover

n. the act of moving data or money from one place to another. In computing, it means moving data to a new location to make more space. In finance, it means moving money from one investment to another.

n. the process of transferring data, funds, or assets from one location or account to another. In computing, it refers to the movement of data from a full memory buffer to a secondary storage device; in finance, it describes the transfer of capital between different investment vehicles.


SIMPLE

The system performs an automatic rollover of old files every night.

CONTEXTUAL

After retiring, he decided to perform a tax-free rollover of his pension into a new investment account.

COMPLEX

The server's memory management system handles the data rollover seamlessly, ensuring that the primary buffer remains available for incoming requests while the older data is archived.

Origin

Deverbal from roll over.

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