Reflash

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The situation where a fire bursts back into flame after being extinguished and then receiving a large amount of oxygen.
Verb
  1. 1
    To flash again; to overwrite the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip. transitive
  2. 2
    To burst back into flame after being extinguished and then receiving a large amount of oxygen. intransitive

Etymology

From re- + flash.

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