transactioncommit

noun
UK /trænˈzækʃən kəˈmɪt/
US /trænˈzækʃən kəˈmɪt/

A transaction commit is when a computer saves a change for good so it cannot be undone.

After the transaction commit, the new balance appeared in the bank account.

SYNONYMS

save pointfinalizeconfirmpersistlock in

RELATED WORDS

databaserollbacktransactioncommitatomicity

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The moment a database permanently records all changes made during a transaction.

The system crashed right after the transaction commit, but no data was lost.

3. The act of making a set of changes official and visible to other users.

The transaction commit made the updated inventory visible to all shoppers.

4. A command that ends a transaction successfully and stores its results.

The programmer typed the transaction commit command to finish the update.