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rollbacking

rollbacking is the present participle and gerund of rollback.

Meaning of rollback

Verb

rollback (third-person singular simple present rollbacks, present participle rollbacking, simple past and past participle rollbacked)

  1. (transitive) To return to the previous state.
    • The server is unstable, we need to rollback the changes.
  2. (intransitive) To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so.
    • The first test involved placing the restriction immediately upstream of the FOHE. As it was known that the engine would almost certainly rollback during the first acceleration attempt, only the fourth accident acceleration was attempted: the rollback occurred as predicted. Testing was also...2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.16.4.2 Full-scale engine testing (L12)”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008...

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Questions about rollbacking

What is rollbacking the present participle and gerund of?
Rollbacking is the present participle and gerund of rollback.

Words near rollbacking in the dictionary

  1. rollback netcode
  2. rollbackable
  3. rollbacked
  4. rollbacker
  5. rollbackers
  6. rollbacking
  7. rollbacks
  8. rollbag
  9. rollbags
  10. rollbar
  11. rollbars

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