rebase

See also: rebasé

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ base.

Verb

rebase (third-person singular simple present rebases, present participle rebasing, simple past and past participle rebased)

1. (dentistry) To replace the base of a denture.
2. (computing) To modify core data from which other data is derived in such a way that the final meaning is unchanged.
3. (computing, transitive) To change the base address of.
   • 2006, Raymond Chen, The Old New Thing:

     When a DLL must be loaded at an address different from its preferred address (because the preferred address is unavailable), the kernel must rebase the DLL, which consists of updating (fixing up) all addresses in the DLL so that they refer to its new location in memory.

4. (computing, source control) To integrate changes by appending them to another commit or branch, rather than pulling or merging in changes from a branch.

Anagrams

• Barese, Beares, beares

Estonian

Noun

rebase

1. genitive singular of rebane

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈbase/ [reˈβ̞a.se]
• Rhymes: -ase
• Syllabification: re‧ba‧se

Etymology 1

Deverbal from rebasar.

Noun

rebase m (plural rebases)

1. passing, overtaking (e.g. of a vehicle)

Etymology 2

Verb

rebase

1. inflection of rebasar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative