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noun

a person or thing that supports or reinforces another.

a musician or singer or group of musicians or singers accompanying a soloist: a singer with a three-man backup that plays cello, bass, and guitar.

an overflow or accumulation due to stoppage, malfunctioning, etc.: a sewage backup; a backup of cars at the tollbooth.

a person, plan, device, etc., kept in reserve to serve as a substitute, if needed.

Computers.

a copy or duplicate version, especially of a file, program, or entire computer system, retained for use in the event that the original is in some way rendered unusable.

a procedure to follow in such an event.

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Bowling. a ball that curves in a direction corresponding to the bowling hand of the bowler.

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adjective

(of a person, plan, device, etc.) held in reserve as a substitute if needed: a backup driver; a backup generator.

performing a secondary or supporting function: A drummer and guitarist are the singer's backup musicians.

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Backup is always a great word to know.

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an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines

the part of a CPU that interprets the instructions in programs and directs the operation of the entire system

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Origin:
1775–85, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase back up

Can be confused: back up, backup.

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It's a quick backup, since iCloud backs up only whatever data has changed since the last backup.

Advance planning and backup systems allow colleges to recover data.

Computer servers need costly extra layers of backup.

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It's a quick backup, since iCloud backs up only whatever data has changed since the last backup.

Advance planning and backup systems allow colleges to recover data.

Computer servers need costly extra layers of backup.

When the going gets tough, for instance, some dolphins call for backup.

To date, no backup capacity for wind energy has been added.

We might need to use our backup plan for watermelon, too.

The current way to do this is to backup your iPhone, change a single file using your computer, and then restoring that backup.

Once you have your backup drive connected to the computer, you need to find your iTunes files.

Provides backup facility oversight and coverage outside of normal work hours as required.

At present there are no backup boats, which means the fleet is pushed to its limit.

Even if the repairs had gone as planned, switching to the backup formatter involves some risk.

Why aren't they using steam from the residual heat to drive generators in a backup system.

Nothing you do with a computer will ever be as important as making a solid backup.

Networked-drive storage systems typically include automatic backup software.

Even if the computer crashed, there is a backup in cyberspace.

The extra cost of paying for private security and backup generators can upend a business model.

The craft also unexpectedly switched over to its backup electronics and shut off one of its batteries.

It also doesn't hurt to have another backup energy option.

Included software allows you to set a backup reminder, so you can't pretend you forgot to plug it in.

For a reporter, the backup catcher has a unique perspective in a baseball clubhouse.

In the spring, a user's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of backup.

Secondly, the issue here is minimising backup generators when wind is slight.

Backup tapes kept off-site preserved the records of deposits and balances.

Having a natural gas backup generator at your house would be interesting.

That's long enough to fire up the city's backup diesel generators and restore the power supply.

Although it had three backup diesel generators, two were out of service for periodic maintenance.

Give a copy of the information to a partner or friend as a backup.

Try asking your cell provider for backup on your data usage charge then measure the awkward silence that follows.

Permits are limited in each area, so if you plan to camp on a peak weekend in summer, have a backup site and itinerary in mind.

Battery backup for people living off-grid is really important.

It's a good practice to maintain a recent backup all the time.

The backup spends his days in the shadow of the famous quarterback.

Coal plants themselves, he says, can provide backup for fickle wind turbines.

Switching to backup electronics brought the instrument back online after several days of inactivity.

When you work to backup your premise you have already defeated scientific method.

Remember to backup files and make small changes to single items rather than deleting in batches.

Software that does offline backup of the cloud is a worthwhile investment.

She progressed to work on movie soundtracks and singing backup for recording artists.

The system should also allow replacement by hand, or power plug reloading, as a backup.

Lost data can easily be restored with a backup of a hard drive.

They failed to properly construct and secure backup systems for the entire plant.

In fact, the eggs might provide a valuable backup food source as polar bears are forced to end their seal hunts early.

But, since wind energy is reliant on the variance of wind being present, a backup system is required.

The backup plan is to add thermal energy until the dams can be finished.

If the last two can't agree, the backup computer is turned on.

Such airships can even carry backup fuel cell and hydrogen gas too.

Sid wouldn't need a sewer backup to be blasted out of the kitchen sink.

The odds are good that you don't have an up-to-date backup at this very.

My experience is that what makes these products different isn't the hardware--it's the backup software that comes with it.

It is good, therefore, to have a backup plan to block up unexpected holes before they can cause too much damage.

The carnivorous mammals hoard eggs for up to a year to use as a backup source of food during.

These treks are for self-reliant travelers, as there are no backup support vehicles.

Some backup programs skip backing up applications and system files on the theory that they have all the installation discs.

Don't be the student who comes to my office crying because he or she has lost a major essay due to a lack of backup.

The vault will serve as a backup for hundreds of other seed banks worldwide.

Right now, when the power goes out on a base, a series of diesel-powered backup generators turn.

Two backup solutions believe they've solved some of the problems inherent in standard, cloud-based backup products.

For this reason, you should probably be obsessive about backup.

Mostly, the above concerns more forewarning of when backup will be needed.

If camouflage fails, squid use ink as a backup defense.

Replacing the gas backup with green storage adds a further buck and half".

His woes ended three years ago with the installation of a belt-and-suspenders data backup system.

Her backup position was that she believed if she wrote unreadable briefs she would have a better chance of winning the case.

For solar you have to have battery backup storage and a good location.

In fact, many external drives come packaged with easy-to-use backup tools that can be executed with the push of a button.

It gives the teachers backup from the administration that way.

Fly by wire systems add a layer of complexity but have proved to be reliable with appropriate backup schemes.

Some comics will try to make up for the price increase by including more pages for backup features.

Have a backup plan for other things you can do and don't take out any loans.

Two small pouches on each end of the strap hold backup media cards or batteries.

The problem is years of neglect by electricity companies who when privatised reduce backup and extra capacity to nothing.

Kuti would cue in another layer of percussion, guitars, backup chants or trumpet and saxophone riffs.

She responded to say that she hadn't gone to the fire but was at the station as backup and to help with post-fire cleanup.

UN forces still provide vital backup to the police and army in their efforts to deal with land disputes and to limit mob justice.

Syncing, backup and the iDisk are well integrated with the desktop.

Hardware has to be robust, usually requiring backup systems.

Join your local power company's green pricing program to ensure that your backup energy comes from a renewable sources.

Hackers will need both a copy of your encrypted backup and physical access to your phone.

He hunched over the radio for details as he buckled on his gun belt, intending to drive to the scene to provide backup.

He recommended that parents use spanking as a backup when gentler forms of punishment are not working.

All redaction will be done with the new copy, preserving the original as a backup b.

With peak demand lower, utilities would no longer have to hold as much expensive backup capacity.

He neglected to take into account, however, that the company kept a backup record of its command logs.

It transmits wirelessly to the iPad and provides more backup capability in the event of an instrument failure.

The tsunami also did not damage the plants themselves, what failed was the backup generators whose failure was purely man-made.

Those portable units will be a blend of wind and solar technology and a battery storage device alongside a backup generator.

When they decelerate, they spit the power back out, providing an uninterruptible backup energy supply.

Advanced reactors would have simpler safety features and require less sophisticated backup systems.

The incubator prototype functions using electricity, but has a motorcycle battery as a backup in case the lights go out.

For me, religion is something which depends on faith or belief and these believes have strong backup of another believes.

Solar and battery backup systems are good way to have electricity back-up after a natural disaster.

All that one of the backup platforms needs to achieve is slowing down and pulling over in the event of a problem.

And that is why competent people have redundant systems and methods to backup the function of primary systems and methods.

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Word Origin & History

backup

see back up.

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Computing Dictionary

backup definition

operating system
("back up" when used as a verb) A spare copy of a file, file system, or other resource for use in the event of failure or loss of the original.
The term commonly refers to a copy of the files on a computer's disks, made periodically and kept on magnetic tape or other removable medium (also called a "dump").
This essential precaution is neglected by most new computer users until the first time they experience a disk crash or accidentally delete the only copy of the file they have been working on for the last six months. Ideally the backup copies should be kept at a different site or in a fire safe since, though your hardware may be insured against fire, the data on it is almost certainly neither insured nor easily replaced.
See also backup software, differential backup, incremental backup, full backup. Compare archive, source code management.
(2004-03-16)

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