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rollback

noun/ˈrəʊlbæk/

B2CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

The reversal of a change to restore the previous known-good state when a release fails.

When the deploy corrupted orders, we triggered the rollback and were live again within twenty minutes.

Similar: revert

Topic: Project management in Business English

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