Meaning

• The act of recovering data or a system from a backup.

  "We backed up the data successfully, but the restore failed."

Meaning

• To reestablish, or bring back into existence.

  "He restored my lost faith in him by doing a good deed."

• To bring back to good condition from a state of decay or ruin.

• To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.

• To give in place of, or as restitution for.

• To recover (data, etc.) from a backup.

  "There was a crash last night, and we're still restoring the file system."

• To bring (a note) back to its original signification.

• To make good; to make amends for.