Fallback

Definition: Fallback

Fallback

Noun

1. To break off a military action with an enemy.

Domain	Definitions
Computing	A specific condition in processing where special computer or manual functions must be employed as either complete or partial substitutes for malfunctioning systems. Source: European Union. (references)
	The change to a different mode of operation as the result of a fault or failure encountered in the primary mode. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Fallback

Synonyms: disengagement (n), pullout (n). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I'm sorry that things didn't work out with Brad Pitt, but being single, that's a pretty good fallback. (Scream 3; writing credit: Ehren Kruger)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Fallback (reference) Systems and data security : integrity for data and private information : protection and fallback for computer systems and installations, and for on-line operations (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Trade	Tanzania	The ACV lays down six methods of Customs Valuation including the transaction value of imported goods; the transaction value of identical goods; the transaction value of similar goods; the deductive value; the computed value and the fallback method. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Fallback" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fallback" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	9	117,287

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "fallback"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		�'�腰. (various references)

Danish		erstatning (compensation, indemnity, recompense for damage, substitution). (various references)

Dutch		uitwijkmaneuver, uitwijk. (various references)

Finnish		varmistus (backup, checking, confirmation, protection). (various references)

French		reprise de l'exploitation, repli. (various references)

German		Fallback, Ersatzfunktion. (various references)

Greek		υποβάθμιση λειτουργίας. (various references)

Hungarian		visszaesés (backsliding, drop, letdown, palindromia, recidivation, recidivism, recurrence, relapse, retrogression, set back, throw back), lemaradás (arrear, arrears, lag, lagging), lehulló szennyező anyag. (various references)

Italian		funzionamento ridotto, funzionamento degradato, ripresa (attack, cold lap, cold set, cold shut, periodic onset, planned felling quantity, prescribed cut, prescribed yield, rally, recovery, release, renewal, restart, restarting, resumption, revival, shot, take, upturn), modifica della gestione. (various references)

Pig Latin		allbackfay.(various references)

Portuguese		retirada (evacuee, pullout, recession, removal, remove, retire, retreat, withdrawal), reserva (backlog, backup, booking, discretion, freehand, fund, hoard, preserve, privacy, proviso, qualification, refuge, reservation, reserve, reservoir, restriction, reticence, salvo, secrecy, static allocation, stealth, stockpile, store, wildlife reserve), recuo (backing, backlash, backward travel, dereliction, flinch, kick, kickback, rebound, recess, recession, recoil, resign, retirement, retreat, return, slip), queda (chute, cloud-burst, come down, debacle, decay, descent, downfall, fall, falling, falling over, letdown, mucker, overthrow, prolapse, purler, spill, topple, tumble, tumbling, upset), ninharia (Ace, bauble, dab, falderal, gewgaw, inch, knick knack, little, Nick nack, non essential, nothingness, picayune, rap, straw, trifle, trinket). (various references)

Russian		аварийный переход. (various references)

Spanish		repliegue (fold, rally), paso a modo de reserva, operación degradada. (various references)

Swedish		säkerhetsprocedur, säkerhetsdata, reservdataprocedur, reserv (backup, fall back, reserve, stand by). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "fallback": fallbacks. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Fallback" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: failback. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "fallback" (pronounced fô"lba'k)
4	-l b a' k	fullback, pullback, rollback.
3	-b a' k	biofeedback, buyback, comeback, cornerback, cutback, drawback, feedback, flashback, giveback, greenback, halfback, hardback, hatchback, horseback, humpback, hunchback, kickback, leaseback, leatherback, outback, paperback, payback, piggyback, playback, quarterback, razorback, setback, throwback, wingback.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-f-k-l-l"
	-3 letters: aback, alack, black, cabal, calla, flack.
	-4 letters: alba, alfa, baal, back, balk, ball, calf, calk, call, fall, flab, flak, lack.
	-5 letters: aal, aba, ala, alb, all, baa, bal, cab, kab, kaf, lab, lac.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-f-k-l-l"
	+1 letter: fallbacks.
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