backup

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) A reserve or substitute.
 * 2)  A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
 * 3) An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
 * 4)  Reinforcements.
 * 5) Any support or extra help.
 * 6)  Accompaniment.
 * 7) Corroboration.
 * 1)  Reinforcements.
 * 2) Any support or extra help.
 * 3)  Accompaniment.
 * 4) Corroboration.
 * 1)  Accompaniment.
 * 2) Corroboration.
 * 1) Corroboration.
 * 1) Corroboration.

Synonyms

 * (reserve): reserve, stand-in, spare, substitute
 * (computing: copy of a file or record):
 * (accumulation of material caused by an obstruction of flow): tailback, line (of cars)

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vara-
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Hebrew: גיבוי
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Persian: جاگزین,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Azerbaijani: ehtiyat nüsxə
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, zálohování
 * Danish: sikkerhedskopi
 * Dutch:, reservekopie
 * Esperanto: sekurkopio, rezervkopio, savkopio, vicrisurco, rezervo
 * Faroese: trygdarrit
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: copia de seguridade
 * Georgian: სარეზერვო ასლი, ბაკაპი, მარქაფი
 * German:, , Reservekopie, Sicherheitskopie, Sicherungskopie
 * Greek: αντίγραφο ασφαλείας
 * Hebrew: גיבוי
 * Hungarian:, biztonsági mentés
 * Icelandic: öryggisafrit, afrit
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:, copia di riserva, copia di sicurezza
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 백업
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: paşnusxe
 * Macedonian: резервна копија, сигурносна копија
 * Malay: salinan sandaran, salinan keselamatan, penyandaran
 * Marathi: बॅकअप
 * Norman: baqu'thie
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sikkerhetskopi, reservekopi
 * Persian:
 * Polish: kopia zapasowa, kopia bezpieczeństwa,
 * Portuguese:, , cópia de segurança, cópia de reserva
 * Russian: резе́рвная ко́пия, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: резервна копија, сигурносна копија, причувна копија
 * Roman: rezervna kopija, sigurnosna kopija, pričuvna kopija
 * Slovene: varnostna kopija, rezervna kopija
 * Spanish: copia de seguridad, copia de reserva, copia de respaldo
 * Swedish:, reservkopia


 * Norman:

Adjective

 * 1) Standby, reserve or extra.
 * 2)  That is intended as a backup.
 * 3) Supporting, reinforcing;  of or related to accompaniment
 * 1) Supporting, reinforcing;  of or related to accompaniment
 * 1) Supporting, reinforcing;  of or related to accompaniment

Usage notes
Back-up is an alternative spelling of. Both spellings are used as either a noun or an adjective. The verb back up is always spelled as two words and never with a hyphen.

Synonyms

 * (supporting): backing
 * (supporting): backing

Translations

 * Azerbaijani:
 * Czech: záložní
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vara-
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: запасни́й, резе́рвний


 * Czech: záložní
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vara-
 * French: de sauvegarde
 * Icelandic: öryggis-
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Portuguese:

Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   copy of file or record