evict

Vocabulary Word

Definition

'Evict' is when you are legally forced to leave a property you're living in, like an apartment or house. It usually happens if you break the rules or can't pay your rent.

Examples in Different Contexts

In cloud computing, to 'evict' can mean to remove data from a cache. A system admin might advise, 'To free up memory, the system will automatically evict older cached files.'

Practice Scenarios

Business

Scenario:

Observe our tenant's behavior. His impending payments have started to become a growing concern for our revenue.

Response:

The tenant is lagging behind on three month's rent now. We should serve them an eviction notice.

Tech

Scenario:

We need to improve load time. The older data is hampering the overall system performance.

Response:

I agree. We should introduce an automatic eviction process for data that's been idle in the cache for too long.