update
verb (used with object)
to bring (a book, figures, or the like) up to date as by adding new information or making corrections.
updater
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a word derived from
update.
Example Sentences
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If it’s not obvious by now, most Wikipedians in the updater camp prefer the word crash, while the archivists lean toward calling it a decline until there’s a broader historical consensus.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2025
A privilege escalation attack When Zoom issued an update, the updater function would install the new package after checking that it had been cryptographically signed by Zoom.
From The Verge ● Aug. 12, 2022
Until this year, I thought of Gary Clark Jr. as an updater of the blues-guitar tradition whom everyone respected but whom only blues fetishists got excited about.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2019
Ms. Musgraves is perceived as a disrupter, but she winks less often than you might think — she is in thrall to tradition and an astute replicator and updater of it.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2016
A: Generally, this kind of problem happens if the updater is tripping over the version of your driver.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2016
