reconnection

Reconnection is the process of reestablishing a connection that has been lost or interrupted between two or more entities. The term is used across disciplines to describe actions that restore lines of communication, physical links, or functional connections in systems such as human relationships, computer networks, biological tissues, and ecological systems.

In social and psychological contexts, reconnection refers to efforts to restore contact and trust after separation or conflict. This can involve communication, reconciliation processes, and therapy aimed at rebuilding relationships or reconnecting individuals with themselves or their communities.

In technology, reconnection describes reestablishing a network session after a disruption. Clients may automatically attempt to reconnect, using strategies such as backoff, timeouts, and handshakes to resume operations with servers, services, or devices.

In medicine and biology, reconnection can refer to surgical or physiological processes that restore continuity, such as tissue reattachment (anastomosis) after injury, nerve reconnection after damage, or vascular reconnection during reconstructive procedures.

In ecology and energy infrastructure, reconnection may denote restoring contact between habitats through corridors to revive ecological processes, or reconnecting power grids after outages to restore electricity supply.