Rollback (disambiguation)
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Rollback may also refer to:
- RollbackRollbackIn political science, rollback is the strategy of forcing change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime. It contrasts with containment, which means preventing the expansion of that state; and with détente, which means a working relationship with that state...
, a Cold War term for the use of military force to "roll back" communism in countries where it had taken root - Rollback (data management)Rollback (data management)In database technologies, a rollback is an operation which returns the database to some previous state. Rollbacks are important for database integrity, because they mean that the database can be restored to a clean copy even after erroneous operations are performed...
, the operation of returning a database to some previous state - Rollback (legislation)Rollback (legislation)For related uses, see Rollback In government and economic contexts, Rollback metaphorically denotes action to repeal, dismantle or otherwise diminish the effect of a law or regulation.-Trade legislation:...
, legislating to repeal or reduce the effects of a specific law or regulation - Rollback (novel)Rollback (novel)Rollback is a 2007 science fiction novel by Canadian author Robert J. Sawyer that was serialized in four parts inAnalog Science Fiction and Fact from October 2006 to January 2007. It deals primarily with the social effects of drastic age rejuvenation technology and first contact theory...
is a 2007 science fiction novel by Canadian author Robert J. SawyerRobert J. SawyerRobert James Sawyer is a Canadian science fiction writer. He has had 20 novels published, and his short fiction has appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, Nature, and many anthologies. Sawyer has won over forty awards for his fiction, including the Nebula Award ,... - Rollback (roller coaster)Rollback (roller coaster)A rollback occurs on a launched roller coaster when the train is not launched fast enough to reach the top of the tower. It will roll backwards down the tower, and will be stopped by brakes on the launch track. Any roller coaster on which it is possible for a rollback to occur will have these brakes...
, a situation in which a launched roller coaster is not launched fast enough to reach the top of the first hill - Rollback RXRollback RxRollBack Rx is a third party disk utility for Microsoft Windows, that uses a sector mapping algorithm and incremental sector redirection to capture and manage its snapshots...
disk utility software. - Rollback may refer to civil service salary reductions for constitutional deference known as a Saxbe fixSaxbe fixThe Saxbe fix, or salary rollback, is a mechanism by which the President of the United States, in appointing a current or former member of the United States Congress whose elected term has not yet expired, can avoid the restriction of the United States Constitution's Ineligibility Clause...
- Rollback may refer to the savings at Wal-MartWal-MartWal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
- Trench rollback, a Geology term