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roundtrip en · NOUN
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of round trip.
Left with only her Sun-Times subscribers, she faced a 35-mile roundtrip to deliver to four of them.
1988 May 20, Michael Miner, “Screwed by the Tribune, Part 3; Screwed by the Sun-Times; Screws Loose”, in Chicago Reader:
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roundtrip en · VERB
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(transitive) To export (a file, data, etc.) and eventually import it again without loss of fidelity.
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.
2010, Ramesh Bangia, Dictionary of Information Technology, page 449:In the colorimetric intents only the values within the gamut of the data encoding can be roundtripped accurately[…]
2010, Phil Green, Michael Kriss, Color Management: Understanding and Using ICC Profiles, page 284:
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To engage in the form of barter called a round trip.
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