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Rollback - 3 dictionary results

roll⋅back

[rohl-bak]
–noun
1. an act or instance of rolling back.
2. a return to a lower level of prices, wages, etc., as by government order.
3. a pulling back or withdrawal: a rollback of attack forces.

Origin:
1935–40; n. use of v. phrase roll back
roll·back   (rōl'bāk')   
n.  
  1. A reduction, especially in prices or wages, to a previous lower level by governmental action or direction: a price rollback; a rollback of military supplies.
  2. A turning back or retreat, as from a previously held position or policy: hoped for a rollback of support for the opposition's proposed legislation.

rollback database
Reverting data in a database to an earlier state, usually in response to an error or aborted operation.
In a transaction based database system, transactions are considered atomic. If an error occurs while performing a transaction, the database is automatically rolled back to the state at the previous commit.
Rollback may also be performed by an explicit rollback transaction.
(2000-01-15)

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