backup

backup
1. noun

If the goalkeeper is injured, we have a backup.

b) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.

After the power failure, we had to restore the database from backup.

I am only a backup player.

b) That is intended as a backup.

Make a backup copy of that file.


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  • backup — ack up, n. 1. anything kept in reserve to serve as a substitute in case of failure or unavailability of the normal or primary object; used for devices, plans, people, etc. Also used attributively; as, there was no backup for the electrical… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • backup — back‧up [ˈbækʌp] noun [countable] COMPUTING a copy of information held on a computer that is put onto a disk so that the information is not lost if there is a problem with the computer: • Take a backup copy of the file to be converted. * * *… …   Financial and business terms

  • backup — or back up [bak′up΄] adj. 1. standing by as an alternate or auxiliary [a backup pilot] 2. supporting [a backup effort] n. 1. the act or result of backing up; specif., a) an accumulation because of a stoppage b) a …   English World dictionary

  • backup — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. bekap] {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. backuppie, inform. {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} kopia zapasowa danych, kopia bezpieczeństwa : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Jednym z elementów czegoś, co można by nazwać „kulturą” korzystania… …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • backup — Un ordenador duplicado, fichero, equipo o procedimiento para su utilización en caso de fallo en los medios de almacenamiento o de los componentes. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • backup — (o back up) / bækʌp/, it. /bɛ kap/ s. ingl. (propr. sostegno, rinforzo ), usato in ital. al masch. (inform.) [procedura con la quale si realizza una copia di sicurezza di un certo insieme di dati e il prodotto stesso della copiatura] ▶◀ copia …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • backup — see BACK UP (Cf. back up) …   Etymology dictionary

  • backup — /beˈkap, ingl. ˈbækʌp/ [vc. ingl., comp. di to back «appoggiare» (da back «schiena, schienale») e up «su»] s. m. inv. (elab.) copia di riserva …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • backup — [n] auxiliary alternate, extra, substitute; concepts 546,824 …   New thesaurus

  • Backup — For other uses of Backup , see Backup (disambiguation). In information technology, a backup or the process of backing up is making copies of data which may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. The verb form is back up in two… …   Wikipedia

  • Backup — Datensicherung (engl.: Backup [ˈbækʌp]) bezeichnet das teilweise oder gesamte Kopieren der in einem Computersystem vorhandenen Daten auf ein alternatives (häufig transportables) Speichermedium. Sie kann ebenfalls auf einem so genannten… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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