deprovision

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English

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Etymology

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From de- +‎ provision.

Verb

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deprovision (third-person singular simple present deprovisions, present participle deprovisioning, simple past and past participle deprovisioned)

  1. (transitive, computing) To free up or delete the accounts, resources, etc. of (a system, or a user who will no longer be using a system).
    Synonym: unprovision
    • 2018, Guy Hart-Davis, Deploying Chromebooks in the Classroom: Planning, Installing, and Managing Chromebooks in Schools and Colleges, Apress, →ISBN, page 347:
      Normally, you would deprovision a Chromebook before sending it in for repair or before disposing of it—for example, selling the Chromebook or donating it.

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