To bring to poverty; to impoverish; to ruin, as in reputation, morals, hopes, or the like; as, many are undone by unavoidable losses, but more undo themselves by vices and dissipation, or by indolence
A command included in many word processing and graphics software applications that allows a user to eliminate or reverse the last action For example, say you've just applied a moustache to the Mona Lisa with your new paint program You then decide you like the painting better the way it was originally With a click of the undo button or command, the moustache is gone In many Windows compatible programs, pressing the Ctrl and Z keys together will accomplish the same thing as the undo feature
This command could be a life-saver It reverses your last mistake, such as inadvertently recording or inserting MIDI data "REDO" undoes an "UNDO "USER-FRIENDLY: A popular "buzzword" in computing Synonym: Intuitive It means directly comprehended For many users, a method of pointing at icons and clicking is more "user-friendly" than entering many keystrokes to select menu-items, like commands Intuitive programs are more quickly grasped by the "computer-naive" (another buzzword)
To loose; to open; to take to piece; to unfasten; to untie; hence, to unravel; to solve; as, to undo a knot; to undo a puzzling question; to undo a riddle
If you undo something that is closed, tied, or held together, or if you undo the thing holding it, you loosen or remove the thing holding it. I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel Some clamps that had held the device together came undone
To undo something that has been done means to reverse its effect. She knew it would be difficult to undo the damage that had been done If Michael won, he would undo everything I have fought for. see also undoing, undone
A command that undoes the last change made to a file Some programs allow only an undo of the last change made; some allow the user to undo a series of edits, in sequence
A command that lets you reverse previous actions or changes, usually editing or formatting actions Actions from the File menu cannot be reversed You can undo multiple actions by using the Undo drop-down list
If you do something in Evolution by mistake, selecting Undo allows you to reverse that action The Undo command will remember the last 25 actions taken, and you can repeatedly undo actions until you have reached the 25 item limit
cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions" cause the ruin or downfall of; "A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign
To reverse the last action Many applications include an undo command so if you make a mistake - such as delete a block of text - you can recover it In some applications you can only undo the last action, in others you can undo an entire series of actions in the order they were done update - In its verb form, making a file more current When you update a file, you replace it with its more current version Used as a noun, an update is an interim version of a software product It's usually produced and distributed to correct errors or bugs while a new version, offering new and expanded features, is being developed upgrade - In its verb form, to change to newer, usually improved version Can refer to either hardware or software Used as a noun, an upgrade is a hardware or software product that's an improvement on the earlier version Can also be applied to a part, such as a CPU A CPU upgrade would be a microprocessor chip that replaces your current chip
A feature in most applications that allows you to cancel the last command you entered This is useful in allowing you to fix mistakes An example: if you accidentally delete a highlighted paragraph in a word processing program, the undo function would allow you to restore the paragraph Related terms: Application, Command, Program