Fallback vs Rollback - What's the difference?
fallback | rollback |
An act of falling back.
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
(construction) A reduction in bitumen softening point, sometimes called refluxing or overheating in a relatively closed container.
That can be resorted to as a fallback.
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
As nouns the difference between rollback and fallback
is that rollback is a return to a prior state while fallback is an act of falling back.As a verb rollback
is to roll back.As an adjective fallback is
that can be resorted to as a fallback.fallback
English
Alternative forms
* fall-backNoun
(en noun)- As a fallback, I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails.
Synonyms
* (act of falling back) ebbing, recession, retreat * (backup plan) back-up/backup, plan B, recourseDerived terms
* automatic fallback * modulation fallbackAdjective
(-)- a fallback plan