Roundtrip
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Roundtrip is a noun meaning (computing, transitive) To export (a file, data, etc.) and eventually import it again without loss of fidelity.
Meaning
(computing, transitive) To export (a file, data, etc.) and eventually import it again without loss of fidelity.
More Meanings
- (finance) To engage in the form of barter called a round trip.
- Alternative form of round trip.
Example Sentences
Left with only her Sun-Times subscribers, she faced a 35-mile roundtrip to deliver to four of them.
In the colorimetric intents only the values within the gamut of the data encoding can be roundtripped accurately[…]
In some cases, roundtripping can involve repeated conversions of the file from one format to another and back. Frequent roundtripping may be a concern because each conversion has the potential to introduce unwanted changes to the file.
Word Forms
- roundtrips
- roundtripping
- roundtripped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include round-trip, reexport, retransport, re-export, coexport, reimport.
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