Backup

  • 1backup — 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

  • 2backup — 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

  • 3backup — 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

  • 4backup — {{/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

  • 5backup — 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

  • 6backup — (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

  • 7backup — see BACK UP (Cf. back up) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 8backup — /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

  • 9backup — [n] auxiliary alternate, extra, substitute; concepts 546,824 …

    New thesaurus

  • 10Backup — 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… …

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