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
