rollback

Definitions

• A return to a prior state by undoing some operation.
• A withdrawal of military forces.
• (databases) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
• The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
• (informal) A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
• (US) The policy of totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.