update /(ŭp"dāt` or ŭp*dāt")/

up·date

update

v. t.
  1. To make corrections or to add new information to (a document) so as to include the most recent information; as, we update the sales database every night; the book was updated and sold as a new edition. Used often of computerized data bases and documents.
  2. To inform (a person) of the most recent information concerning a topic; as, I updated the director on the status of the project.

update

n.
  1. The event or process of updating (in either sense); the information provided in the process of updating; as, I gave the director the latest update on the project; the update took over an hour.
  2. The document or database which results from a process of updating; and updated document or database; as, they distributed the update over the internet.