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rerun

1. a film, play, series, etc., that is broadcast or put on again; repeat
2. Computing the repeat of a part of a computer program
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rerun

[′rē‚rən]
(chemical engineering)
To distill a liquid material that has already been distilled; usually implies taking a large proportion of the charge stock overhead.
(computer science)
To run a program or a portion of it again on a computer. Also known as rollback.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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