refresh

Meanings

Verb

• To renew or revitalize.
• To become fresh again; to be revitalized.
• To reload (a document, especially a webpage) and show any new changes.
• To cause (a web browser or similar software) to refresh its display.
• To perform the periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
• To take refreshment; to eat or drink.

Noun

• The periodic energizing required to maintain the contents of computer memory, the display luminance of a computer screen, etc.
• The update of a display (in a web browser or similar software) to show the latest version of the data.
• The process of modernizing something.

Origin

• From Middle English refreshen, refreschen, refrisschen, from Old French refrescher (modern French rafraîchir), equivalent to .