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migrate

verb [I or T] (COMPUTING)
 
 
/maɪˈɡreɪt/ US  /ˈmaɪ.ɡreɪt/ specialized

Definition

to begin using a new computer system, or to move information from one type of system to another: Migrating to Windows XP shouldn't cause you any problems.Computer concepts migration
 
 
/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/ noun [C or U]
C1 There was a mass migration of poverty-struck farmers into the cities. → Compare immigration, emigration (emigrate)Animal (non-human) behaviour
(Definition of migrate verb (COMPUTING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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