Retroactive may refer to:
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''Retroactive'' (album), an album by Grand Puba
* ''
Retro-active
Karizma ( sr-cyr, Каризма; trans. ''Charisma'') is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock/glam metal band.
Band history
1985 - 1994
Karizma was formed in Belgrade in 1985. They were inspired by bands such as Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden and D ...
'', an album by Karizma
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Retro Active
''Retro Active'' is a compilation album by the English rock band Def Leppard, released in 1993. The album features touched-up versions of B-sides and previously unreleased recordings from the band's recording sessions from 1984 to 1993. The ...
'', an album by Def Leppard
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''Retroactive'' (film), a 1997 movie starring James Belushi and Kylie Travis
See also
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* Retroactive law, another term for
''ex post facto'' law
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Retroactive data structures
In computer science a retroactive data structure is a data structure which supports efficient modifications to a sequence of operations that have been performed on the structure. These modifications can take the form of retroactive insertion, dele ...
, datum structures that allow modifications to past actions
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Retroactive continuity
Retroactive continuity, or retcon for short, is a literary device in which established diegetic facts in the plot of a fictional work (those established through the narrative itself) are adjusted, ignored, supplemented, or contradicted by a subs ...
in fiction
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Retrospective
A retrospective (from Latin ''retrospectare'', "look back"), generally, is a look back at events that took place, or works that were produced, in the past. As a noun, ''retrospective'' has specific meanings in medicine, software development, popu ...
, often synonymous when used as an adjective
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