teruggerold

Teruggerold is a Dutch neologism used to describe the state or act of being rolled back to a previous version or state. The term is most often encountered in information technology, software development, and digital archiving, but it can also be used metaphorically to refer to policy reversals or restored configurations.

Etymology and usage notes: The word is a compound of terug- meaning “back” and gerold, the past participle of rollen (“to roll”), forming an adjective or participial noun that roughly means “rolled back.” The form is informal and not widely standardized in dictionaries; it appears in technical discussions and online forums, particularly within Dutch-speaking IT communities, since the late 20th century.

Applications in practice: In software deployment, a teruggerold release refers to a rollout that has been rolled back to a previous build because of bugs or performance issues. In database administration, a teruggerolde migration denotes undoing changes introduced by a migration. In digital preservation and backup contexts, restoring a prior snapshot or backup may be described as teruggerold. Metaphorically, a platform feature or policy that is reversed after user feedback or testing may be described as teruggerold.

Relation to related terms: Teruggerold is closely related to terms such as rollback, revert, and backout, as well as to concepts in version control and snapshot restoration. It remains a niche term whose usage varies by region and context, and it is not widely standardized in formal dictionaries.