rollback

== English == === Etymology === The noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despite being redundant to roll back. === Pronunciation === === Noun === rollback (countable and uncountable, plural rollbacks) A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes. A withdrawal of military forces. Coordinate terms: retreat, rout (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point). Near-synonyms: reversion, revert (sometimes synonymous) The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward. (informal, automotive) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically to carry other vehicles, for use in recovery (wrecking, salvage) or for transporting. Synonym: slide truck Hypernyms: truck, lorry < motor vehicle < vehicle Near-synonym: tow truck (loosely often synonymous) (political science) 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. Synonym: regime change Coordinate terms: containment, détente (aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine. ==== Derived terms ==== rollback netcode ==== Translations ==== === Verb === rollback (third-person singular simple present rollbacks, present participle rollbacking, simple past and past participle rollbacked) (transitive, computing, databases) To return to the previous state. (intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so. ==== Synonyms ==== roll back ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === backroll, corkball