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Restore

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/rɪˈstɔːr/verbCore term

In software engineering, restore means: To bring a database back from a backup, either to fix data loss or to create a copy of it on another server.

In Turkish: geri yüklemek, yedekten dönmek

How it is used

Also a noun: 'the restore took four hours'. You restore a database, restore from a backup or restore to a point in time. Teams practise restore drills to check that backups work and to measure how long recovery takes.

Example sentences

  1. We restored last night's backup to a test server to check the missing invoices.

  2. How long would it take to restore the whole database if the disk failed?

Common collocations

  • restore a database
  • restore from backup
  • restore test
  • restore to a point in time
  • backupA copy of a database saved at a certain moment so that the data can be brought back after a failure, a mistake or an attack.
  • point-in-time recoveryRestoring a database to its exact state at a chosen moment, such as one minute before a bad DELETE, by replaying saved change logs on top of a backup.
  • dumpA file that contains a database's structure and data written out as SQL statements or in a special export format, which can be loaded into another database.
  • failoverSwitching work from a failed primary database server to a standby or replica so that the application can keep running.

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