Backup

Definitions: Backup

Backup

Noun

1. Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult); "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins".

2. (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Computing

Aerospace

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Backup

Crosswords: Backup

Dutch (backup), French (back up).

What kind of backup do we have? (Lake Placid; writing credit: David E. Kelley)

I'm gonna call for backup. (Running Scared; writing credit: Gary DeVore; Jimmy Huston)

Waiting for backup. (Judge Dredd; writing credit: John Wagner; Carlos Ezquerra)

She got any backup singers? (Ghost Ship; writing credit: Mark Hanlon)

Hey, I'm gonna tell you from experience, if you're gonna mess with a bull, you better have a backup plan! (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond)

A police recruit was asked during the exam, "What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?" He said, "Call for backup. (references; author: unknown)

Backup (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Backup Power Generation (Gensets) in Saudi Arabia: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference)

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Books

• Backup and Restore Practices for the Enterprise (reference)

• Oracle Backup & Recovery 101 (reference)

• Oracle8i Backup & Recovery (reference)

• Oracle8i DBA: Backup and Recovery Exam Cram (Exam: 1Z0-025) (reference)

• Oracle9i RMAN Backup & Recovery (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• Saturn Backup Cartridge (reference)

• Palm 16MB Backup Card (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Health

Consultative backup by a gynecologic oncologist may be advantageous. (references)

If a man inherits a disease-causing gene mutation that is on the X chromosome, he has no backup normal X gene, and he will likely develop the disease. (references)

Since the immune system is tremendously complex, hundreds of things can go wrong during development and sometimes the backup systems cannot compensate for the defects. (references)

Business

Backup services are essential, particularly with the more technical equipment. (references)

In fact, foreign leasing companies or local ones who have strong parent companies' backup are in a better position when it comes to financing. (references)

In wartime, these private manufacturers can shift to production for military purposes by supplying weaponry parts, assisting maintenance and offering adequate backup for military operations. (references)

Economic History

The Bahamas

Electricity is generally reliable, although many businesses have their own backup generators. (references)

Political Economy

URUGUAY

These reserves offer a strong backup for the exchange rate. (references)

Political Rights

Venezuela

However, standard backup procedures for voting machine failure were generally followed. (references)

Trade

Slovak Rep

All participants in the interbank payment system of SR must have a backup facility for both data transfer and processing. (references)

Qatar

However, this requirement may be waived if the local agent fails to provide the necessary spare parts and backup services for the product in Qatar. (references)

Travel

Kenya

Safaris are best undertaken with a minimum of two vehicles so that there is a backup in case of mechanical failure or other emergency. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "backup": backup copy ♦ backup file ♦ backup man ♦ backup power supply ♦ backup pumpkin ♦ backup tong ♦ computer backup ♦ incremental backup. Additional references.

Beginning with "backup": backup-function.

Ending with "backup": ds-backup.

Albanian

ruajtje e një kopjeje rezervë, rezervë (cartridge, deposit, distance, emergency, fountain, fund, garment, hoard, leeway, margin, munition, offishness, ordinary, pool, reservation, reserve, resource, spare, stand by, stock, stockpile, store, supply), personel zëvendësues, përkrahje (abetment, advocacy, aliment, backing, boost, buttress, championship, espousal, Favor, favour, furtherance, intercession, paternalism, patronage, promotion, prop, protection, push, support), mbështetje (adhesion, aegis, aliment, alimentation, alimony, foundation, furtherance, pillar, promotion, purchase, recourse, stock, support, sustenance, sustention, tower). (various references)

Arabic 

‏دعم (back, back up, backing, bolster, boost, buttress, carry, consolidate, encourage, encouragement, favor, favour, fuel, hold, prop, put up, reinforce, rest, second, shore, stanchion, stand up for, stick by, subsidize, support, take sides, truss, underpin, uphold, upholding). (various references)

Bulgarian 

резервно копие, резервен запас, резервиране (reservation), замяна (commutation, exchange, replacement, substitution, swap). (various references)

Chinese 

备份, 備�"� (alternate, reserve, spare). (various references)

Czech

zálohování, posila (comfort, reinforcement), podpora (assistance, backing, boost, encouragement, furtherance, lift, pension, promotion, relief, subsidy, subvention, support), krytí (cover, coverage, hedge, protection), dublování. (various references)

Danish

backup, sikkerhedskopi, reserve (reserve, resist, resisting agent). (various references)

Dutch

een backup maken van, een backup maken, backup. (various references)

Esperanto

bakupo, bakupi, sekurkopio, sekurkopii. (various references)

Finnish

varmuuskopiointi, varmistus (checking, confirmation, fallback, protection), varmistaminen, varaosa (spare, spare part). (various references)

French

secours, remplacement. (various references)

German

Sicherung (backlup, bak, belaying, containment, cut-out, fuse, fuze, lock, lock washer, protection, safe, safeguard, safeguarding, safety catch, safety cut-out, securing), Sicherstellung (guarantee, taking possession). (various references)

Greek 

εφεδρικό, δημιουργία εφεδρικών αντιγράφων. (various references)

Hungarian

tartalék (auxiliary, cushion, emergency man, loose part, provision, rear echelon, refill, reserve, spare, standby, store), megtámasztás (underpinning), készenléti tartalék. (various references)

Italian

riserva (etching resist layer, fund, leave tree, national park, Park, pool, portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs, preserve, provision, qualification, reservation, reserve, reserve tree, resist, resist layer, resisting agent, sanctuary, stand by, standby, stand-by, stock, stockpile, wilderness). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

バチカン宮殿 (Bacchus, bacillus, back, back charge, back combing, back issue, back margin, back music, back screen, back-band, backbone, back-drop, backfire, backgammon, background, background music, backhand, backing, backless, backlog, back-number, backpack, backpacking, back-propagation, backs, backskin, backslash, backspace, backspin, backstab, backstop, backstretch, backstroke, backswing, backtrack, back-tracking, badge, BADGE system, bag, batch, batch size, bathyscaphe, batter in the hole, buckle, bug, bugging, merchandise obtained by buying out the inventories of failed retailers instead of going through normal wholesale channels, rearview mirror, suplex, Vatican). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

バックアップ . (various references)

Korean 

백업. (various references)

Pig Latin

ackupbay.(various references)

Portuguese

sobresselente utilizável, reserva (backlog, booking, discretion, fallback, freehand, fund, hoard, preserve, privacy, proviso, qualification, refuge, reservation, reserve, reservoir, restriction, reticence, salvo, secrecy, static allocation, stealth, stockpile, store, wildlife reserve), protecção (facing, fender, guard, prophylaxis, protection, safety precaution, shield, shielding), cópia (carbon, copy, copying, double, duplicate, duplicating, imitation, manifold, print, replica, reproduction, transcript, xerox). (various references)

Russian 

резервный экземпляр, резервный ресурс, резервная копия, резервирование (reservation, reservations), дублирование (duplication). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rezerva (backlog, reserve), podrška (aliment, backing, boost, support, sustenance). (various references)

Spanish

copia de seguridad (back-up). (various references)

Swedish

reserv (fall back, fallback, reserve, stand by). (various references)

Turkish

yedek (donkey, duplicate, jury, pilot, refill, replacement, reserve, reserve service, reservist, spare, stand by, substitute), yardım (aid, alms, assist, assistance, backing, booster, comfort, contribution, cooperation, dole, donation, donative, Favor, favour, furtherance, hand, help, helpfulness, lift, relief, rescue, shot, stand by, succor, succour, support, sustenance, welfare), trafik sıkışıklığı (traffic block, traffic jam), destek (aid, anchorage, assistance, backing, bolster, booster, brace, bracer, bracket, buttress, contribution, cooperation, corbel, countenance, crutch, endorsement, friend, indorsement, mounting, pillar, pit prop, prop, reinforcement, relief, rest, rider, second, shore, shot, sponsorship, spur, staff, stake, stanchion, stand by, stay, stiffening, strut, support, supporter, supporting, sustenance, truss, underlay, upholder). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "backup": backups. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Backup" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Babkov, bacau, Baccio, bacco, baccus, Backo, Bacou, bacup, bicup, Blaarkop, Boskap, Boskop, cackup, jackup, Ubackup. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pucka.

-2 letters: back, buck, pack, puck.

-3 letters: auk, bap, cab, cap, cub, cup, kab, pac, pub.

-4 letters: ab, ba, ka, pa, up.

+1 letter: backups.

+2 letters: humpback, pullback.

+3 letters: humpbacks, parbuckle, pullbacks.

+4 letters: bankruptcy, humpbacked, parbuckled, parbuckles.

+5 letters: parbuckling.

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