flashback

To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.

Noun

A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.
Synonyms: analepsis
A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.
Coordinate Terms: reminiscence
Something that evokes old memories; a throwback.
- We danced fast to Martha and the Vandellas, Supremes or even the Beach Boys. Slow to Dusty Springfield or Righteous Brothers (how's that for a heavy flash back?) - 1971, Georgia Strait, “The Gay Ghetto”, in Body...
A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.
- Maude Lebowski: What do you do for recreation? / The Dude: Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback. - 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture):
The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.
A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.
- As noted, that method provides limited support for multi-table flashbacks. - 2004, Kevin Loney, Oracle Database 10g The Complete Reference, page 497:
- […] less used and specialized types of queries, including composite queries, hierarchical queries, version flashbacks, and parallel queries. - 2004, Gavin J. T. Powell, Carol McCullough-Dieter, Oracle SQL: Jumpstart...