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Rollback vs Archive - What's the difference?

rollback | archive |

As verbs the difference between rollback and archive

is that rollback is (nonstandard) to roll back while archive is .

As a noun rollback

is a return to a prior state.

rollback

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (nonstandard) To roll back.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A return to a prior state.
  • A withdrawal of military forces.
  • (computing) An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
  • An event caused by a roller coaster failing to reach the top of a hill.
  • a form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a or for transporting other vehicles

    • Synonyms

    * (form of flatbed truck) slide truck

    archive

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
  • The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
    • His archive of Old High German language texts is the most extensive in Britain.

    Derived terms

    () * archival * archivist * national archive

    Verb

    (archiv)
  • To put into an archive.
    • I was planning on archiving the documents from 2001.