English Dictionary
◊ RESTORE
restore
v 1: return to its original condition
2: return to life; get or give new life or energy [syn: {regenerate}]
3: give, bring, or hand back [syn: {restitute}]
4: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is
torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my
shoes please" [syn: {repair}, {mend}, {fix}, {bushel}, {doctor},
{furbish up}, {touch on}] [ant: {break}]
5: bring back into its original existence or use; "restore law
and order"; "reestablish peace in the region" [syn: {reinstate},
{reestablish}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN STORE?
store
[probably from "main store"] In some varieties of Commonwealth
hackish, the preferred synonym for {core}. Thus, "bringing a
program into store" means not that one is returning
shrink-wrapped software but that a program is being {swap}ped
in.
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