"unmount" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: unmounts [present, singular, third-person], unmounting [participle, present], unmounted [participle, past], unmounted [past]
Rhymes: -aʊnt Etymology: un- + mount Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*men-|id=stand out}}, {{prefix|en|un|mount}} un- + mount Head templates: {{en-verb}} unmount (third-person singular simple present unmounts, present participle unmounting, simple past and past participle unmounted)
  1. (computing, transitive) To reverse a mount operation; to instruct the operating system that the file system should be disassociated from its mount point, making it no longer accessible. Wikipedia link: unmount Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: dismount, umount [Unix, jargon] Translations (reverse operation of mount): ontkoppelen (Dutch), irrottaa (Finnish), aushängen (German), smontare (Italian), disinstallare (Italian)

Inflected forms

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